Industrial air pollution and mortality in the Taranto area, Southern Italy: A difference-in-differences approach.

CONCLUSIONS: The DID approach is intuitively simple and reduces confounding by design. Under the multiple assumptions of this approach, the study indicates an effect of industrial PM10 on natural mortality, especially in the elderly population.
PMID: 31398654 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environment International - August 5, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Leogrande S, Alessandrini ER, Stafoggia M, Morabito A, Nocioni A, Ancona C, Bisceglia L, Mataloni F, Giua R, Mincuzzi A, Minerba S, Spagnolo S, Pastore T, Tanzarella A, Assennato G, Forastiere F, CSA Puglia Study Group (see acknowledgements) Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research