Mortality attributable to ambient fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide in Switzerland in 2019: use of two-pollutant effect estimates (Publications)
058] per 10 mug/m(3) NO(2) adjusted for PM(2.5)), we found 1977 deaths (19,071 years of life lost) attributable to PM(2.5) and NO(2) together (23% from PM(2.5)). Deaths using alternative effect estimates [...] Estimated premature mortality attributable to PM(2.5) alone was higher than to both PM(2.5) and NO(2) combined. Furthermore, the proportion of deaths from PM(2.5) was lower than from NO(2) in the two-pollutant [...] estimating the adult mortality in Switzerland in 2019 attributable to...
Air pollution and incidence of cancers of the stomach and the upper aerodigestive tract in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects... (Publications)
models for particulate matter (PM) below 10 microm (PM10 ), below 2.5 microm (PM2.5 ), between 2.5 and 10 microm (PMcoarse ), PM2.5 absorbance and nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NOX ) as well as approximated [...] effect estimate for PM2.5 and gastric cancer. Higher estimated risks of gastric cancer associated with PM2.5 was found in men (HR 1.98 (1.30;3.01)) as compared to women (HR 0.85 (0.5;1.45)). This large m [...] cases of gastric cancer and 933 of UADT cancer occurred. The hazard ratio for an...
Changes in lung function and airway inflammation among asthmatic children residing in a woodsmoke-impacted urban area (Publications)
associated with personal PM(2.5), personal LAC, and E(ag) but not with ambient PM(2.5) or its combustion markers. In contrast, MEF and PEF decrements were associated with ambient PM(2.5), its combustion markers [...] and personal concentrations of PM(2.5) and light-absorbing carbon (LAC). Levoglucosan (LG), a marker of woodsmoke, was also measured outdoors. We partitioned PM(2.5) exposure into its ambient-generated [...] personal PM(2.5) or personal LAC. FEV(1) was associated only with ambient...
Sources of fine particulate matter in personal exposures and residential indoor, residential outdoor and workplace microenvironments in the Helsinki... (Publications)
larger contributor to residential and workplace indoor PM2.5 than soil dust to residential outdoor PM2.5. Source contributions to personal PM2.5 exposures were best approximated by data from residential [...] each source type to the total PM2.5 mass concentrations. RESULTS: Inorganic secondary particles, primary combustion, and soil were the dominant source types for the PM2.5 mass concentration in all the m [...] OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the source contributions to the mass...
Changes in lung function and airway inflammation among asthmatic children residing in a woodsmoke-impacted urban area (Publications)
associated with personal PM(2.5), personal LAC, and E(ag) but not with ambient PM(2.5) or its combustion markers. In contrast, MEF and PEF decrements were associated with ambient PM(2.5), its combustion markers [...] and personal concentrations of PM(2.5) and light-absorbing carbon (LAC). Levoglucosan (LG), a marker of woodsmoke, was also measured outdoors. We partitioned PM(2.5) exposure into its ambient-generated [...] personal PM(2.5) or personal LAC. FEV(1) was associated only with ambient...
Sources of fine particulate matter in personal exposures and residential indoor, residential outdoor and workplace microenvironments in the Helsinki... (Publications)
larger contributor to residential and workplace indoor PM2.5 than soil dust to residential outdoor PM2.5. Source contributions to personal PM2.5 exposures were best approximated by data from residential [...] each source type to the total PM2.5 mass concentrations. RESULTS: Inorganic secondary particles, primary combustion, and soil were the dominant source types for the PM2.5 mass concentration in all the m [...] OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the source contributions to the mass...
Air pollution and incidence of cancers of the stomach and the upper aerodigestive tract in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects... (Publications)
models for particulate matter (PM) below 10 microm (PM10 ), below 2.5 microm (PM2.5 ), between 2.5 and 10 microm (PMcoarse ), PM2.5 absorbance and nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NOX ) as well as approximated [...] effect estimate for PM2.5 and gastric cancer. Higher estimated risks of gastric cancer associated with PM2.5 was found in men (HR 1.98 (1.30;3.01)) as compared to women (HR 0.85 (0.5;1.45)). This large m [...] cases of gastric cancer and 933 of UADT cancer occurred. The hazard ratio for an...
Spatial characteristics of fine particulate matter: identifying representative monitoring locations in Seattle, Washington (Publications)
industrial PM2.5 sources is not a significant predictor of residential outdoor PM2.5 measurements. Additionally, for sites to be representative of the average population exposures to PM2.5 among those highly [...] es how PM2.5 varies spatially and how these spatial characteristics can be used to identify potential monitoring sites that are most representative of the overall ambient exposures to PM2.5 among susceptible [...] spatial variability of outdoor PM2.5 concentrations. Both date and...
Spatial characteristics of fine particulate matter: identifying representative monitoring locations in Seattle, Washington (Publications)
industrial PM2.5 sources is not a significant predictor of residential outdoor PM2.5 measurements. Additionally, for sites to be representative of the average population exposures to PM2.5 among those highly [...] es how PM2.5 varies spatially and how these spatial characteristics can be used to identify potential monitoring sites that are most representative of the overall ambient exposures to PM2.5 among susceptible [...] spatial variability of outdoor PM2.5 concentrations. Both date and...
Childhood mortality and its association with household wealth in rural and semi-urban Burkina Faso (Publications)
to study the effect of the respective wealth measure on under-5 mortality. RESULTS: We observed 1201 childhood deaths, corresponding to 5-year survival probability of 93.6% and 88% in the semi-urban and [...] under-5 mortality after adjustment for confounding. There was a similar but non-significant effect of household wealth on infant mortality, too. There was no effect of household wealth on under-5 mortality [...] the semi-urban area with access to piped water and electricity have an...