@article{ref1,
title="Outdoor air pollution and infant mortality: analysis of daily time-series data in 10 English cities",
journal="Journal of epidemiology and community health",
year="2007",
author="Hajat, Shakoor and Armstrong, B. and Wilkinson, Paul and Busby, Araceli and Dolk, Helen",
volume="61",
number="8",
pages="719-722",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There is growing concern that moderate levels of outdoor air pollution may be associated with infant mortality, representing substantial loss of life-years. To date, there has been no investigation of the effects of outdoor pollution on infant mortality in the UK. METHODS: Daily time-series data of air pollution and all infant deaths between 1990 and 2000 in 10 major cities of England: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield, were analysed. City-specific estimates were pooled across cities in a fixed-effects meta-regression to provide a mean estimate. RESULTS: Few associations were observed between infant deaths and most pollutants studied. The exception was sulphur dioxide (SO2), of which a 10 mug/m(3) increase was associated with a RR of 1.02 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.04) in all infant deaths. The effect was present in both neonatal and postneonatal deaths. CONCLUSIONS: Continuing reductions in SO2 levels in the UK may yield additional health benefits for infants.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0143-005X",
doi="10.1136/jech.2006.053942",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2006.053942"
}