| Document ID (ISN) | 109327 |
| CIS number |
09-407 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ren C., Williams G.M., Morawska L., Mengersen K., Tong S. |
| Title |
Ozone modifies associations between temperature and cardiovascular mortality: Analysis of the NMMAPS data |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 2008, Vol.65, No.4, p.255-260. Illus. 39 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study aims to explore the modifications by ozone of the associations between maximum temperature and cardiovascular mortality (CVM), using data from the United States National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study (NMMAPS). Poisson regression models were used to examine these associations in 95 regions of the United States during 1987-2000 from June to September. A response surface model was used to examine the joint effects of temperature and ozone on CVM in summer. Results show that the higher the ozone concentration, the stronger the temperature-CVM associations. A 10°C increase in temperature on the same day was associated with an increase in CVM by 1.17% and 8.31% for the lowest and highest level of ozone concentrations in all communities, respectively. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
weather; ozone; cardiovascular diseases; heat load; risk factors; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; mathematical models; statistical evaluation; health service records |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Australia; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Heat and cold
Natural phenomena
Cardiovascular diseases
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