Mortality and air pollution: associations persist with continued advances in research methodology

Article Abstract:

Connections between daily mortality and ambient air pollution appear to be fairly robust, as similar results are obtained from a variety of reasonable epidemiological research methods. Topics discussed include studies focusing on severe air pollution episodes, studies focusing on a single city or community for several years, use of sophisticated time-series modeling techniques, generalized additive models, the case-crossover approach, specific pollutants, and biological plausibility.

Evaluation, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies

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Daily mortality and air pollution in Santa Clara County, California: 1989-1996

Article Abstract:

The relationship between air pollution and daily mortality in Santa Clara County, California, between 1989 and 1996 is discussed, with a focus on the adequacy of national air pollution standards. Topics include season and trend fits, meteorological variables, pollutant variables, goodness of fit, analysis using a parametric approach, simulation of the model-fitting process, comparison with 1980-1986 results, respiratory and cardiovascular regressions, and analyses by season.

California, Statistical Data Included, Pollution, Santa Clara County, California

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