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An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

New England Journal of Medicine · 1993 · Vol. 329(24) · pp. 1753–1759

Douglas W. Dockery✉(Harvard University)C. Arden Pope(Brigham Young University)Xiping XuJohn D. Spengler(Impact Assessment)James H. Ware(Harvard University)Martha E. FayBenjamin G. FerrisFrank E. Speizer(Brigham and Women's Hospital)

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Abstract

Although the effects of other, unmeasured risk factors cannot be excluded with certainty, these results suggest that fine-particulate air pollution, or a more complex pollution mixture associated with fine particulate matter, contributes to excess mortality in certain U.S. cities.

Air Quality and Health Impacts Global Health Care Issues Climate Change and Health ImpactsAir pollutionEnvironmental healthMedicineParticulatesMortality rateConfidence intervalProportional hazards modelPopulationParticulate pollutionCohort study

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AdultAgedAir PollutionCause of DeathFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSmokingUnited StatesUrban Health

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