Journal article
Particulate matter and premature mortality: A Bayesian meta-analysis
NT Waidyatillake, PT Campbell, D Vicendese, SC Dharmage, A Curto, M Stevenson
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | MDPI | Published : 2021
Abstract
Background: We present a systematic review of studies assessing the association between ambient particulate matter (PM) and premature mortality and the results of a Bayesian hierarchical meta-analysis while accounting for population differences of the included studies. Methods: The review protocol was registered in the PROSPERO systematic review registry. Medline, CINAHL and Global Health databases were systematically searched. Bayesian hierarchical meta-analysis was conducted using a non-informative prior to assess whether the regression coefficients differed across observations due to the heterogeneity among studies. Results: We identified 3248 records for title and abstract review, of whi..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a grant from the Melbourne Energy Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. We would also like to acknowledge Prof. Michael Brear and Dr. Robin Schofield from Melbourne Energy Institute for their support. M.S. is funded by an NHMRC Fellowship (APP1136250).