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DATASETS The mapping of health risks in this first phase will build on the methods and data bases already assembled for the Health Effects Institute funded National Morbidity, Mortality and Air Pollution Study (NMMAPS) and EPA STAR Grant "Chronic & Acute Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter & Other Pollutants: National Cohort Studies of Mortality & Morbidity" which has supported development of a nation-wide cohort of Medicare participants (referred to as the National Medicare Cohort). These health data bases have been linked to the monitoring data for PM10 and PM2.5, as well as other pollutants, along with information on demographic characteristics from the Census Bureau and meteorology from the National Weather Center. In addition, these health data bases will be linked by geographical location to the data from the Speciation Trends Network and to the EPA’s Supersite Program. |