Open AccessUrban Ambient Particle Metrics and Health
Author(s) -
Richard Atkinson,
Gary W. Fuller,
H R Anderson,
Roy M. Harrison,
Ben Armstrong
Publication year - 2010
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.0b013e3181debc88
Subject(s) - particulates , poisson regression , confidence interval , particle number , environmental science , pollutant , particle (ecology) , environmental health , range (aeronautics) , medicine , chemistry , population , materials science , physics , plasma , oceanography , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , composite material , geology
Epidemiologic evidence suggests that exposure to ambient particulate matter is associated with adverse health effects. Little is known, however, about which components of the particulate mixture (size, number, source, toxicity) are most relevant to health. We investigated associations of a range of particle metrics with daily deaths and hospital admissions in London.