Ambient Air Pollution and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in an Analysis of Asian Cohorts.

G S Downward, R Vermeulen, Asia Cohort Consortium Executive Board

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G S DownwardJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

R VermeulenJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Asia Cohort Consortium Executive Board

University Medical Center Utrecht · NLUtrecht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMuch of what is currently known about the adverse effects of ambient air pollution comes from studies conducted in high-income regions, with relatively low air pollution levels. The aim of the current project is to examine the relationship between exposure to ambient air pollution (as predicted from satellite-based models) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in several Asian cohorts.

methodsCohorts were recruited from the Asia Cohort Consortium (ACC). The geocoded residences of participants were assigned levels of ambient particulate material with aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM

resultsSix cohort studies from the ACC participated: the Community-based Cancer Screening Program (CBCSCP, Taiwan), the Golestan Cohort Study (Iran), the Health Effects for Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS, Bangladesh), the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC), the Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort Study (KMCC), and the Mumbai Cohort Study (MCS, India). The cohorts represented over 340,000 participants. Mean exposures to PM

conclusionsIn a pooled examination of cohort studies across Asia, ambient PM

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