Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis

Maciej Strak,Göran Pershagen,Jørgen Brandt,W M Monique Verschuren,Richard Atkinson,Anne Tjønneland,Mette Sørensen,John Gulliver,Karl‐Heinz Jöckel ,Giulia Cesaroni,Kees De Hoogh,Ole Hertel,Jochem O Klompmaker ,Tom Bellander,Gianluca Severi,Hans Concin,Gabriële Nagel ,Terese Bekkevold,Annette Peters,Francesco Forastiére ,Sophia Rodopoulou,Massimo Stafoggia,Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen ,Matteo Renzi,Mariska Bauwelinck,Danielle Vienneau,Matthias Ketzel,Torben Sigsgaard,Ulla Arthur Hvidtfeldt,Karin Leander,Zorana Jovanovic Andersen ,Gerard Hoek,Kathrin Wolf,Anton Lager,Shuo Liu,Amar Mehta ,Yvonne T Van Der Schouw ,Nicole Janssen ,Sara Schramm,Bert Brunekreef,Barbara Hoffmann,Marie‐Christine Boutron‐Ruault ,Jie Chen,Bente Oftedal,Debora Rizzuto,Jeanette Therming Jørgensen ,Daniela Fecht,Gudrun Weinmayr,Patrik K E Magnusson ,Klea Katsouyanni,Petter Ljungman,Evangelia Samoli

doi:10.1136/bmj.n1904

Abstract

ObjectiveTo investigate the associations between air pollution and mortality, focusing on associations below current European Union, United States, and World Health Organization standards and guidelines.DesignPooled analysis of eight cohorts.SettingMulticentre project...

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