Effect of outdoor airborne particulate matter on daily death counts. | Zendy

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Effect of outdoor airborne particulate matter on daily death counts.

Author(s) -

Patricia E. Styer,

Nancy J. McMillan,

Feng Gao,

Jeanine M. Davis,

Jason D. Sacks

Publication year - 1995

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.95103490

Subject(s) - particulates , environmental science , salt lake , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , biology , geology , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , structural basin

To investigate the possible relationship between airborne particulate matter and mortality, we developed regression models of daily mortality counts using meteorological covariates and measures of outdoor PM10. Our analyses included data from Cook County, Illinois, and Salt Lake County, Utah. We found no evidence that particulate matter < or = 10 microns (PM10) contributes to excess mortality in Salt Lake County, Utah. In Cook County, Illinois, we found evidence of a positive PM10 effect in spring and autumn, but not in winter and summer. We conclude that the reported effects of particulates on mortality are unconfirmed.

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