Sociodemographic and geographic variation in mortality attributable to air pollution in the United States

2024-04-19 occupational and environmental health Title + abstract only

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There are large differences in premature mortality in the USA by racial/ethnic, education, rurality, and social vulnerability index groups. Using existing concentration-response functions, particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution, population estimates at the tract level, and county-level mortality data, we estimated the degree to which these mortality discrepancies can be attributed to differences in exposure and susceptibility to PM2.5. We show that differences in mortality attributable to PM2....

Sociodemographic and geographic variation in mortality attributable to air pollution in the United States

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