Open AccessEstimating Causal Effects of Long-Term PM 2.5 Exposure on Mortality in New Jersey
Author(s) -
Yan Wang,
Itai Kloog,
Brent A. Coull,
Anna Kosheleva,
Antonella Zanobetti,
Joel Schwartz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1409671
Subject(s) - demography , confidence interval , interquartile range , population , census tract , rotterdam study , medicine , census , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Many studies have reported the associations between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and increased risk of death. However, to our knowledge, none has used a causal modeling approach or controlled for long-term temperature exposure, and few have used a general population sample.
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