Ozone, heat and mortality: acute effects in 15 British conurbations

BackgroundAcute associations between mortality and ozone are largely accepted, though recent evidence is less conclusive. Evidence on ozone–heat interaction is sparse. We assess effects of ozone, heat, and their interaction, on mortality in Britain.MethodsAcute effects of summer ozone on mortality w...

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Published in:Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2010-10, Vol.67 (10), p.699-707
Main Authors: Pattenden, Sam, Armstrong, Ben, Milojevic, Ai, Heal, Mathew R, Chalabi, Zaid, Doherty, Ruth, Barratt, Ben, Kovats, R Sari, Wilkinson, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air Pollutants - toxicity
Air pollution
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
climate
Conurbations
England - epidemiology
Environment
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiological Monitoring
epidemiology
Female
Heat
Hot Temperature - adverse effects
Housing. Living conditions
Humans
Humidity
Infant
Infant, Newborn
interaction
Male
Medical sciences
Metropolitan areas
Middle Aged
Modeling
Mortality
mortality studies
Outdoor air quality
Ozone
Ozone - analysis
Ozone - toxicity
Particulate matter
Particulate Matter - analysis
Particulate Matter - toxicity
Pollutants
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Seasons
Sensitivity analysis
Temperature
Temperature effects
Temperature ratio
time series
time series study
Urban areas
Urban Health - statistics & numerical data
Wales - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:BackgroundAcute associations between mortality and ozone are largely accepted, though recent evidence is less conclusive. Evidence on ozone–heat interaction is sparse. We assess effects of ozone, heat, and their interaction, on mortality in Britain.MethodsAcute effects of summer ozone on mortality were estimated using data from 15 conurbations in England and Wales (May–September, 1993–2003). 2-day means of daily maximum 8-h ozone were entered into case series analyses, controlling for particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of
ISSN:1351-0711
1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/oem.2009.051714