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Air Pollution Exposure and Mortality in Middletown, Ohio and Surrounding Cities
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Apeaning, Fred K
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133222677
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Year and Degree
2005, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
Abstract
This study examined possible health effects associated with pollution from the AK Steel plant in Middletown, OH. I fit Generalized Linear Models to mortality data from 1999-2002 using zip code or exposure (low/high) groups whilst adjusting for season, year and age at time of death. Cause specific cardiovascular and respiratory diseases age–adjusted mortality rates were determined for each zip code in our study area. The results of the model using location indicate mortality pattern, which could not be attributed to the location of the Steel plant. A model using exposure indicates that cardiovascular mortality in the high exposed groups was significantly higher than mortality in low exposed group at p < 0.05 with relative risk = 1.28 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02, 1.58) but respiratory mortality was not significantly different. Age-adjusted mortality rates indicated higher levels in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality rates compared to the US population generally.
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Vincent Hand (Advisor)
Pages
110 p.
Keywords
Air Pollution exposure and mortality
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Apeaning, F. K. (2005).
Air Pollution Exposure and Mortality in Middletown, Ohio and Surrounding Cities
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133222677
APA Style (7th edition)
Apeaning, Fred.
Air Pollution Exposure and Mortality in Middletown, Ohio and Surrounding Cities.
2005. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133222677.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Apeaning, Fred. "Air Pollution Exposure and Mortality in Middletown, Ohio and Surrounding Cities." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133222677
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