Associations between Environmental Quality and Mortality in the Contiguous United States, 2000–2005

Yun Jian; Lynne C. Messer; Jyotsna S. Jagai; Kristen M. Rappazzo; Christine L. Gray; Shannon C. Grabich; Danelle T. Lobdell

doi:10.1289/ehp119

Associations between Environmental Quality and Mortality in the Contiguous United States, 2000–2005

Yun Jian, ¹ Lynne C. Messer, ² Jyotsna S. Jagai, ³ Kristen M. Rappazzo, ⁴ Christine L. Gray, ¹ Shannon C. Grabich, ⁴ Danelle T. Lobdell ⁴

¹ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
² School of Community Health, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
³ Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
⁴ NHEERL, U.S. EPA, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Published: 01 March 2017 by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 125; 10.1289/ehp119

Abstract: Assessing cumulative effects of the multiple environmental factors influencing mortality remains a challenging task.

Keywords: mortality, Environmental quality, contiguous United, United States, Associations between Environmental