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Low-Concentration PM(2.5) and Mortality: Estimating Acute and Chronic Effects in a Population-Based Study

BACKGROUND: Both short- and long-term exposures to fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 μm; PM(2.5)) are associated with mortality. However, whether the associations exist at levels below the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards (12 μg/m(3) of annual average PM(2.5), 35 μg/m(3) daily)...

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Autores principales: Shi, Liuhua, Zanobetti, Antonella, Kloog, Itai, Coull, Brent A., Koutrakis, Petros, Melly, Steven J., Schwartz, Joel D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26038801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409111