Determine the risk of premature mortality due to the urban ambient air pollution mix in Canada.
The number of daily deaths for non-accidental causes were obtained in 11 cities from 1980 to 1991 and linked to concentrations of ambient gaseous air pollutants using relative risk regression models for longitudinal count data.
Nitrogen dioxide had the largest effect on mortality with a 4.1% increased risk (p
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Comment In: Can J Public Health. 1998 Jul-Aug;89(4):228, 238, 240 passim9735513