aPM
10
is the 24-hr average concentration measured by the beta-gauge monitor at the MOSTE site. Poisson models also include humidity (1-day lag), temperature (3-day moving
average), loess smooth of daily mortality over time, and dummy variables for summer seasons for 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995; rainy season in 1994; and winter in 1995.
bp < 0.01. cp < 0.001. dp < 0.05. ep < 0.10.