Estimating the short-term effect of PM2.5 on the mortality of cardiovascular diseases based on instrumental variables

• Main Authors: Guiming Zhu (Author), Le Zhao (Author), Tao Lin (Author), Xuefeng Yu (Author), Hongwei Sun (Author), Zhiguang Zhang (Author), Tong Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background PM2.5 can induce and aggravate the occurrence and development of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The objective of our study is to estimate the causal effect of PM2.5 on mortality rates associated with CVDs using the instrumental variables (IVs) method. Methods We extracted daily...