Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Secondary organic aerosol association with cardiorespiratory disease mortality in the United States

  • Havala O. T. Pye,
  • Cavin K. Ward-Caviness,
  • Ben N. Murphy,
  • K. Wyat Appel,
  • Karl M. Seltzer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27484-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Fine particle air pollution causes premature death, but the role of different fine particle components in mortality is not well characterized. Here, the authors show the secondary organic aerosol component of fine particle mass is associated with significant cardiorespiratory mortality in the U.S.