Comment on “Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions in the Medicare Cohort Air Pollution Study, 1999–2010”

Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios (ISSEMyM) About This Article open Citation: Hernández-Garduño E. 2015. Comment on “Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions in the Medicare Cohort Air Pollution Study, 1999–2010.” Environ Health Perspect 123:A233; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1510123. Address correspondence to E. Hernández-Garduño, Unidad de Enseñanza e Investigación, Centro Oncológico Estatal (COE), Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de México y Municipios (ISSEMyM), Av. Solidaridad Las Torres #101, Colonia del Parque, CP 50180 Toluca Estado de México, México. E-mail: epidemiologist.researcher@gmail.com Editor’s note: In accordance with journal policy, Powell et al. were asked whether they wanted to respond to this letter. They chose not to do so. The author declares he has no actual or potential competing financial interests. Final Publication: 1 September 2015 PDF Version (82 KB) Related EHP Article Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions in the Medicare Cohort Air Pollution Study, 1999–2010 Helen Powell, Jenna R. Krall, Yun Wang, Michelle L. Bell, and Roger D. Peng In a national-level study of elderly people, Powell et al. found that a 10-µg/m3 increase in coarse particulate matter (PM10–2.5) was associated with a statistically significant increase of 0.69% (95% posterior interval [PI]: 0.45, 0.92) in cardiovascular hospitalizations on the same day as exposure. T...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Correspondence September 2015 Source Type: research