Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, Yolanda Barrado-Martín, Thomas Marjot, Jeremy W Tomlinson, Vasiliki Kiparoglou
Recruitment, Retention, and Training of Citizen Scientists in Translational Medicine Research: A Citizen Science Initiative on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Cureus
modelestimated air pollution exposure products widely used epidemiological studies assess health risks particulate matter diameters 25 pm25 however studies assessed disparities health effects modelestimated stationobserved pm25 exposures collected daily allcause respiratory cardiovascular mortality data 347 cities across 15 countries regions worldwide based multicity multicountry collaborative research network stationobserved pm25 data obtained official monitoring stations modelestimated global pm25 product developed using machinelearning approach associations daily exposure pm25 mortality evaluated using twostage analytical approach included 158 million allcause 15 million respiratory 45 million cardiovascular deaths 2000 2018 shortterm exposure pm25 associated relative risk increase rri mortality stationobserved modelestimated exposures every 10gm3 increase 2day moving average pm25 associated overall rris 067 95 ci 049 085 068 95 ci 003 139 045 95 ci 008 082 allcause respiratory cardiovascular mortality based stationobserved pm25 rris 087 95 ci 068 106 081 95 ci 008 155 071 95 ci 032 109 based modelestimated exposure respectively mortality risks associated daily pm25 exposure consistent stationobserved modelestimated exposures suggesting reliability potential applicability global pm25 product epidemiological studies