Mortality Risk and Fine Particulate Air Pollution in a Large, Representative Cohort of U.S. Adults

Background: Evidence indicates that air pollution contributes to cardiopulmonary mortality. There is ongoing debate regarding the size and shape of the pollution–mortality exposure–response relationship. There are also growing appeals for estimates of pollution–mortality relationships that use public data and are based on large, representative study cohorts. Objectives: Our goal was to evaluate fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) and...