Association between short-term exposure to PM2.5 and PM10 and mortality in susceptible subgroups: A multisite case-crossover analysis of individual effect modifiers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 744-754

  Alessandrini, Ester Rita ^a   Stafoggia, Massimo ^a   Faustini, Annunziata ^a   Berti, Giovanna ^b,c   Canova, Cristina ^c   Togni, Aldo De ^d   Di Biagio, Katiuscia ^e   Gherardi, Bianca ^f   Giannini, Simone ^f   Lauriola, Paolo ^f   Pandolfi, Paolo ^g   Randi, Giorgia ^h,i   Ranzi, Andrea ^f   Simonato, Lorenzo ^c   Sajani, Stefano Zauli ^f   Cadum, Ennio ^b,c   Forastiere, Francesco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit of Ferrara   (Italy)

^e Regional Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^f Reg Agency for Environ Protection   (Italy)

^g Bologna Health Trust   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Diabetes; Meta analysis; Mortality; Particulate matter; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEX; SUMMER; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85014849639     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww078     Document Type: Article

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