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ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2019

Low concentrations of fine particle air pollution and mortality in the Canadian Community Health Survey cohort.

Tanya Christidis, Anders C Erickson, Amanda J Pappin, Daniel L Crouse, Lauren L Pinault, Scott A Weichenthal, Jeffrey R Brook, Aaron van Donkelaar, Perry Hystad, Randall V Martin and 3 more

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Article in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Tanya ChristidisHealth Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6, Canada. tanya.christidis@canada.ca.
Anders C EricksonSchool of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Amanda J PappinHealth Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6, Canada.
Daniel L CrouseDepartment of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3, Canada.
Lauren L PinaultHealth Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6, Canada.
Scott A WeichenthalDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, 1110 Pine Ave West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.
Jeffrey R BrookDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1P8, Canada.
Aaron van DonkelaarDepartment of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Perry HystadCollege of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, 2520 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA.
Randall V MartinDepartment of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 6310 Coburg Road, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
Michael TjepkemaHealth Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, 100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6, Canada.
Richard T BurnettPopulation Studies Division, Health Canada, 50 Columbine Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0K9, Canada.
Michael BrauerSchool of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada.

Funding

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency R-82811201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApproximately 2.9 million deaths are attributed to ambient fine particle air pollution around the world each year (PM

methodsRespondents to the Canadian Community Health Survey from 2000 to 2012 were linked by postal code history from 1981 to 2016 to high resolution PM

resultsIn total, 50,700 deaths from non-accidental causes occurred in the cohort over the follow-up period. Annual average ambient PM

conclusionsOutdoor PM

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAir PollutantsAir PollutionCanadaCardiovascular DiseasesEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHealth SurveysHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedParticulate MatterProspective StudiesAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionCanadaCohort studyFine particle air pollutionFine particulate matterMortalityPM2.5

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PMID31601202
PMCPMC6785886

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