Ozone and Mortality in 95 U.S. Urban Communities

We investigated whether short-term (daily and weekly) exposure to ambient ozone, a common urban air pollutant, is associated with mortality in the United States, with data for 95 urban communities, which includes 40% of the U.S. population over 14 years. Using Bayesian hierarchical models with time-series analyses, we found that acute exposure to ozone is associated with total and cardiovascular/respiratory mortality.
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Map of the 95 U.S. urban communities


Publications
 Ozone and Short-term Mortality in 95 U.S. Urban Communities
Bell, M.L., et al. (2004). JAMA 292, p. 2372-2378.
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Collaborators
Drs. Francesca Dominici, Aidan McDermott, Jon Samet, and Scott Zeger, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sponsor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency