Long-term effect of exposure to lower concentrations of air pollution on mortality among US Medicare participants and vulnerable subgroups: a doubly-robust approach

Summary: Background: Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked with an increase in risk of mortality. Whether existing US Environmental Protection Agency standards are sufficient to protect health is unclear. Our study aimed to examine the relationship between exposure to lower concentrat...

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Main Authors: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, PhD, Yan Wang, ScD, Qian Di, ScD, Weeberb J Requia, PhD, Yaguang Wei, PhD, Liuhua Shi, ScD, Matthew Benjamin Sabath, MA, Francesca Dominici, ProfPhD, Brent Coull, ProfPhD, John S Evans, ScD, Petros Koutrakis, ProfPhD, Joel D Schwartz, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519621002047