title: [The assessment of premature death rates in Byelarus due to environmental air pollution].
abstract: The attributive death rates due to ambient air pollution were estimated in the urban areas of Byelarus. Estimation used the data of daily atmospheric contamination monitoring made by the Main Hydrometereology Committee of Byelarus in 15 towns from 1990 to 1999. To establish a dose-response relationship, the results of the well-known investigations by Dockery were used, which covering prospective cohort studies in 6 towns of the USA, have demonstrated a statistically significant correlation between atmospheric pollution and mortality rates. In Byelarus, about 7.5 thousand premature deaths or 6% of the total annual death rates may be induced by atmospheric pollution. Possible factors that influence the accuracy of estimates are discussed in the paper.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Reshetin
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kazazian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants