Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Associated with Ambient Air Pollution and Cigarette Smoke: Shape of the Exposure-Response Relationships.

Background: Lung cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risks increase with smoking, secondhand smoke (SHS), and exposure to fine particulate matter < 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) from ambient air pollution. Recent research indicates that the exposure-response relationship for CVD is nonlin...

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Published in:	Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 119; no. 11; pp. 1616 - 1622
Main Authors:	Pope III, C. Arden, Burnett, Richard T., Turner, Michelle C., Cohen, Aaron, Krewski, Daniel, Jerrett, Michael, Gapstur, Susan M., Thun, Michael J.
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 11/1/2011
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