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Activity Number: 419
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: ENAR
Abstract - #309303
Title: Ambient Air Pollutants and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis
Author(s): Elizabeth Anne Stanwyck*+ and Bimal K. Sinha
Companies: University of Maryland Baltimore County and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Address: 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250,
Keywords: Air Pollution ; Health ; Environment ; Meta-Analysis
Abstract:

The adverse effect of ambient air pollutants on health in the United States is a growing concern, and many studies have been done to collect data in order to explore this problem with mortality as a health endpoint. However, results are varied between studies: some analyses find a significant relationship between mortality and pollution levels, while others find no such relationship. I will present a meta-analysis of current studies in an effort to reconcile the question of whether there does exist an association between mortality and pollution levels.


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