Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality

Michael Jerrett; Richard T. Burnett; C. Arden Pope; Kazuhiko Ito; George Thurston; Daniel Krewski; Yuanli Shi; Eugenia E. Calle; Michael J. Thun

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0803894

Abstract

In this large study, we were not able to detect an effect of ozone on the risk of death from cardiovascular causes when the concentration of PM(2.5) was taken into account. We did, however, demonstrate a significant increase in the risk of death from respiratory causes in association with an increase in ozone concentration.

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MedicineOzoneConfidence intervalProportional hazards modelParticulatesAir pollutionRelative riskEnvironmental healthCause of deathPollutantMeteorologyDiseaseInternal medicineChemistry

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 360
Issue: 11
Pages: 1085-1095
Citations: 1577
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                                    Michael Jerrett, 
                                
                                    Richard T. Burnett, 
                                
                                    C. Arden Pope
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 360
                            (11)
                            , 1085-1095.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0803894
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0803894