Effect of Air Pollution Control on Life Expectancy in the United States: An Analysis of 545 U.S. Counties for the Period from 2000 to 2007

Background: In recent years (2000-2007), ambient levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) have continued to decline as a result of interventions, but the decline has been at a slower rate than previous years (1980-2000). Whether these more recent and slower declines of PM 2.5 levels continue to i...

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Published in:Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2013-01, Vol.24 (1), p.23-31
Main Authors: Correia, Andrew W., Pope, C. Arden, Dockery, Douglas W., Wang, Yun, Ezzati, Majid, Dominici, Francesca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air Pollutants - toxicity
Air pollution
Air Pollution - adverse effects
Air Pollution - analysis
Air Pollution - prevention & control
Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Censuses
Cross-Sectional Studies
Datasets
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Exposure - prevention & control
Environmental Monitoring
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Humans
Life expectancy
Life Expectancy - trends
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Modeling
Mortality
Particulate matter
Particulate Matter - analysis
Particulate Matter - toxicity
Population density
Population dynamics
Population estimates
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
United States
Urban Health
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