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Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention study

Clancy, Luke, Goodman, Pat, Sinclair, Hamish, Dockery, Douglas W·2002·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)11281-5
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Background Particulate air pollution episodes have been associated with increased daily death. However, there is little direct evidence that diminished particulate air pollution concentrations would lead to reductions in death rates. We assessed the effect of air pollution controls--ie, the ban on coal sales--on particulate air pollution and death rates in Dublin. Methods Concentrations of air pollution and directly-standardised non-trauma, respiratory, and cardiovascular death rates were compared for 72 months before and after the ban of coal sales in Dublin. The effect of the ban on age-standardised death rates was estimated with an interrupted time-series analysis, adjusting for weather, respiratory epidemics, and death rates in the rest of Ireland. Findings Average black smoke concentrations in Dublin declined by 35.6 mg/m(3) (70%) after the ban on coal sales. Adjusted non-trauma death rates decreased by 5.7% (95% CI 4-7, p Interpretation Reductions in respiratory and cardiovascular death rates in Dublin suggest that control of particulate air pollution could substantially diminish daily death. The net benefit of the reduced death rate was greater than predicted from results of previous time-series studies.

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Authors
Clancy, L., Goodman, P., Sinclair, H., & Dockery, D. W.
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2002-10
Volume
360
Issue
9341
Pages
1210-1214
ISSN
0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(02)11281-5
Cited by
523
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Language
en
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)

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