Open AccessA Direct Estimate of the Impact of PM2.5, NO2, and O3 Exposure on Life Expectancy Using Propensity Scores
Author(s) -
Joel Schwartz,
Qian Di,
Weeberb J. Réquia,
Francesca Dominici,
Antonella Zanobetti
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001354
Subject(s) - life expectancy , propensity score matching , demography , population , medicine , logistic regression , environmental health , sociology
Many studies have reported associations of air pollutants and death, but fewer examined multiple pollutants, or used causal methods. We present a method for directly estimating changes in the distribution of age at death using propensity scores.