Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality in Athens

摘要: Short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in Athens during the years 1975-1982 were studied. Daily values sulphur dioxide (SO2) and smoke, measured by a five-station network National Observatory Athens, used as indicators. Mortality data abstracted from Town Registries 18 other contiguous towns within Greater area. It was found that adjusted daily (estimated subtracting observed value an 'expected' value, calculated after fitting sinusoid curve to empirical data) depends positively significantly level SO2 (b = +0.0058, p 0.05). This relation is independent temperature, relative humidity, secular, seasonal, monthly weekly variations well synergistic above variables with season. No between smoke mortality. An analysis for determination possible threshold levels causing health also undertaken, studying changes regression coefficients successive deletion model days highest values. Our study shows if there it must lie slightly below 150 micrograms/m3 (mean value).