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SUBMITTER: Dominici F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4742572 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dominici Francesca F Wang Yun Y Correia Andrew W AW Ezzati Majid M Pope C Arden CA Dockery Douglas W DW
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 20150701 4
<h4>Background</h4>In a previous study, we provided evidence that a decline in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution during the period between 2000 and 2007 was associated with increased life expectancy in 545 counties in the United States. In this article, we investigated which chemical constituents of PM2.5 were the main drivers of the observed association.<h4>Methods</h4>We estimated associations between temporal changes in seven major components of PM2.5 (ammonium, sulfate, nitrate, ...[more]