Wenhua Yu, Wenzhong Huang, Antonio Gasparrini, Francesco Sera, Alexandra Schneider, Susanne Breitner, Jan Kyselý, Joel Schwartz, Joana Madureira, Vânia Gaio, Yue Leon Guo, Rongbin Xu, Gongbo Chen, Zhengyu Yang, Bo Wen, Yao Wu, Antonella Zanobetti, Haidong Kan, Jiangning Song, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo
BACKGROUND: Model-estimated air pollution exposure products have been widely used in epidemiological studies to assess the health risks of particulate matter with diameters of ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5). However, few studies have assessed the disparities in health effects between model-estimated and station-observed PM2.5 exposures. METHODS: We collected daily all-cause, respiratory and cardiovascular mortality data in 347 cities across 15 countries and regions worldwide based on the Multi-City Multi-Country collaborative research network...
April 11, 2024: International Journal of Epidemiology