Particulate Air Pollution and Morbidity in the California Central Valley: A High Particulate Pollution Region

摘要

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between particulate air pollution and morbidity among the Kaiser Permanente (KP) membership who reside in the Central Valley (CV) of California. Daily augmented particulate matter (PM) monitoring in the Central Valley was instituted as of November 1996 as part of a special monitoring program by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The combination of the ambient air pollution data collected as part of the enhanced monitoring and the morbidity data from Kaiser Permanente provided an excellent opportunity to explore this relationship in an area with varied particulate matter.