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Article: Mortality risk associated with short-term exposure to traffic particles and sulfates.(Research)(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
- Author:
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BACKGROUND: Many studies have shown that airborne particles are associated with increased risk of death, but attention has more recently focused on the differential toxicity of particles from different sources. Geographic information system (GIS) approaches have recently been used to improve exposure assessment, particularly for traffic particles, but only for long-term exposure.
OBJECTIVES: We analyzed approximately 100,000 deaths from all, cardiovascular, and respiratory causes for the years 1995-2002 using a case-crossover analysis.
METHODS: Estimates of exposure to traffic particles were geocoded to the address of each decedent on the day before ...