… daily mortality data on the Barcelona mortality registry for years 2003 and 2004. The outcome
of interest was all-cause natural daily mortality (… dust outbreaks increase daily mortality. In …

… PM 2.5 and PM 10-2.5 on daily mortality, and our results should contribute to the understanding
of pollution level of PM 2.5 and PM 10-2.5 , and particle-related health effects in China. …

… in daily mortality associated with … Particle effects on mortality. Hundreds of epidemiological
studies have shown that the ambient particulate air pollution is associated with daily mortality, …

… To assess the independent contribution of particles of different sizes to daily mortality, we
considered PM2.5 and PM10-2.5 simultaneously in the regression model. The effect of PM 10-…

… and coarse particles to use in analyses of the full 10 - year period. An acceptable fit was found
only for coarse particles, … Outcome variables included several measures of daily mortality, …

… particle exposures, and not coarse particle exposures, are specifically responsible for the
observed associations with daily mortality… should focus on fine particles which are produced by …

… Poisson distributed variable Y t c indicating the daily mortality count on day t at city c with …
-varying covariates, calendar time, and daily mortality using corresponding degrees of freedom (…

… We conclude that coarse particles from windblown dust are not asiated with mortality risk
Key … mately a 20% increase in daily mortality, if coarse particles were equally toxic with the …

… the effects of air pollution on daily mortality over the past two … levels of coarse particles (PM
2.5–10 ) and daily mortality is … between coarse particle levels and daily mortality in Taipei, …

… In summary, there is a strong association of both fine and coarse particles with daily deaths.
These associations are biologically plausible and, at the mean concentrations in the United …