An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

W. Dockery, Douglas; Arden Pope, C.; Xu, Xiping; D. Spengler, John; H. Ware, James; E. Fay, Martha; G. Ferris, Benjamin; E. Speizer, Frank

doi:10.1056/nejm199312093292401

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An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 9, 1993

Authors:

Douglas W. Dockery

C. Arden Pope

Xiping Xu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have reported associations between particulate air pollution and daily mortality rates. Population-based, cross-sectional studies of metropolitan areas in the United States have also found associations between particulate air pollution and annual mortality rates, but these...

Subject

Air pollution

Environmental health

Medicine

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