world. However, only a small number of particulate matter health studies have been
conducted in China. The study objective was to examine the association of particulate matter
with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10) with daily mortality in 16 Chinese
cities between 1996 and 2008. Two-stage Bayesian hierarchical models were applied to
obtain city-specific and national average estimates. Poisson regression models …