Mortality among residents of 90 cities
Dominici, F; McDermott, A; Daniels, M; Zeger, SL; Samet, JM
| HERO ID | 56116 |
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| Material Type | HEI |
| Year | 2003 |
| Title | Mortality among residents of 90 cities |
| Book Title | Revised analyses of time-series studies of air pollution and health |
| Authors | Dominici, F; McDermott, A; Daniels, M; Zeger, SL; Samet, JM |
| Publisher Text | Health Effects Institute |
| City | Boston, MA |
| Page Numbers | 9-24 |
| Abstract | This report presents findings from updated analyses of data from 90 US cities assembled for the National Morbidity, Mortality and Air Pollution Study (NMMAPS*). The data were analyzed with a generalized additive model (GAM) using the gam function in S-Plus (with default convergence criteria previously used and with more stringent criteria) and with a generalized linear model (GLM) with natural cubic splines. With the original method, the estimated effect of PM10 (particulate matter 10 'mu'm in mass median aerodynamic diameter) on total mortality from nonexternal causes was a 0.41% increase per 10 'mu'g/m3 increase in PM10; with the more stringent criteria, the estimate was 0.27%; and with GLM, the effect was 0.21%. The effect of PM10 on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality combined was greater, but the pattern across models was similar. The findings of the updated analysis with regard to spatial heterogeneity across the 90 cities were unchanged from the original analyses. |
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| Comments | ECRIB. 2003b in 1072,08. In: Revised analyses of time-series studies of air pollution and health. Special report. Boston, MA: Health Effects Institute; pp. 9-24. |
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