India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > Featured Articles > Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States > Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States

Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States [1]

Exposure to fine-particulate air pollution has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, suggesting that sustained reductions in pollution exposure should result in improved life expectancy. This study directly evaluated the changes in life expectancy associated with differential changes in fine particulate air pollution that occurred in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s.

Publication Date: 
22/01/2009
Majid Ezzati [2], C. Arden Pope III [3], and Douglas W. Dockery [4]
New England Journal of Medicine [5]
360
4
376
Tags:
Air Pollution [6], Health Effects [7], Urban Air Quality [8], PM 2.5 [9], Environmental Health [10], United States Of America (US) [11], Statistics [12]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/fine-particulate-air-pollution-and-life-expectancy-united-states

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/fine-particulate-air-pollution-and-life-expectancy-united-states
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/majid-ezzati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/c-arden-pope-iii
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/and-douglas-w-dockery
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-england-journal-medicine
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-air-quality
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmental-health
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics