In 2022, the US EPA published an important risk assessment concluding that “Compared to
the current annual standard, meeting a revised annual standard with a lower level is …

A recent paper in this journal (Fann et al., 2012) estimated that “about 80,000 premature
mortalities would be avoided by lowering PM2. 5 levels to 5 μg/m3 nationwide” and that …

Associations between fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure concentrations and a wide
variety of undesirable outcomes are routinely reported. Adverse outcomes associated with …

Exposure to fine particulate matter ($ PM_ {2.5} $) poses significant health risks and
accurately determining the shape of the relationship between $ PM_ {2.5} $ and health …

The magnitude, shape, and degree of certainty in the association between long‐term
population exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) and the risk of premature …

In his critique of our article, Dr. Cox makes a strong assertion: my co-authors and I have
miscommunicated the level of uncertainty in our analysis by failing to account explicitly for …

Abstract Concentration–response (C–R) functions relating concentrations of pollutants in
ambient air to mortality risks or other adverse health effects provide the basis for many public …

Causal inference regarding exposures to ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and
mortality estimated from observational studies is limited by confounding, among other …

Recent linear regression analyses have concluded that decreasing levels of fine particulate
matter (PM2. 5) air pollution have increased life expectancy in the United States. These …

Four articles by Anenberg et al., Fann et al., Shin et al., and Smith contribute valuable
perspectives and syntheses to a large and growing literature that estimates the burden of …