Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (Dr Zeng, Dr Li, and Mr Pan), School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing and Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Dr Zeng, Mr Zhao, and Ms Jiang), China.
Address correspondence to: Xiaochuan Pan, MPH, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, No. 38, Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China ([email protected]).
Guoxing Li, PhD, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, No. 38, Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China ([email protected]).
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81273033 and 81372950).
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
Clinical significance: Our results indicate that the relationships of PM10 concentration and daily cause–specific mortalities were all nearly linear when PM10 concentration was below 150 μg/m3, and the PM10 pollutant has threshold effects at least in China. These results have relevance for governmental pollution management and policymaking in China.
