Traffic & longevity
2023-11-10 17:50:57.921102+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
In this cohort study, with roughly 30,000 participants from the general population and almost 25 years of follow-up, clear associations were observed between natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to modeled concentrations of NOx at the residential addresses. The robust hazard ratios for NOx indicate that traffic-related air pollution had a significant association with mortality in the MDC cohort. However, it is uncertain to what extent NOx exposure in itself is the main driver of these clear and robust hazard ratios, or if it is instead an indicator of combustion-related air pollutants including ultrafine particles and their toxic components, or road traffic noise. ...