Xianglin Wei, Kin Fai Ho, Tsung Yu, Changqing Lin, Ly-Yun Chang, Dezhong Chen, Tony Tam, Bo Huang, Alexis K H Lau, Xiang Qian Lao
The long-term joint impacts of fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO2 ), and ozone (O3 ) on mortality are inconclusive. To bridge this research gap, we included 283,568 adults from the Taiwan MJ cohort between 2005 and 2016 and linked with the mortality data until 31 May 2019. Participants' annual average exposures to PM2.5 , NO2 , and O3 were estimated using satellite-based spatial-temporal models. We applied elastic net-regularised Cox models to construct a weighted environmental risk score (WERS) for the joint effects of three pollutants on non-accidental, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality and evaluated the contribution of each pollutant...
May 3, 2024: Journal of Hazardous Materials