SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Acute Effects of Particulate Matter on All-Cause Mortality in Urban, Rural, and Suburban Areas, Italy.
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- Temporal Variation in the Association Between Short-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Mortality Across Subpopulations in North Carolina and Michigan, U.S.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Where Environment and Healthcare Meet: Air Pollution, Antibiotic Use, and Mortality in an Ageing Population in Southern Italy.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The importance of investigating temporal variability in short-term effects of air pollution on mortality at the local level: a 12-year study in a high-risk Italian area.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Indication Variability of the Particulate Matter Sensors Dependent on Their Location.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Short-term exposure to PMEnvironmental health : a global access science source · 2023Article
- Daily exposure to PMmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundShort-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) has been related to mortality worldwide. Most evidence comes from studies conducted in major cities, while little is known on the effects of low concentrations of PM and in less urbanized areas. We aim to investigate the relationship between PM and all-cause mortality at national level in Italy.
methodsDaily numbers of all-cause mortality were collected for all 8092 municipalities of Italy, from 2006 to 2015. A satellite-based spatiotemporal model was developed to estimate daily PM
resultsWe analyzed 5,884,900 deaths (40% among subjects older than 85 years, 60% occurring outside the main urban areas). National daily mean (interquartile range) PM
conclusionsAir pollution was robustly associated with peaks in daily all-cause mortality in Italy, both in large cities and in less urbanized areas of Italy. Current WHO Air Quality Guidelines (2021) for PM
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