Associations between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and osteoporotic fracture risks in South Korea
Heo S, Byun G, Kim S, Lee W, Lee J, Bell M. Associations between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and osteoporotic fracture risks in South Korea. Environmental Research Health 2023, 1: 045005. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/acf14e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPM 2.5 exposureHazard ratioOsteoporotic fracture riskOsteoporotic fracturesFracture riskLong-term exposureNational Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort dataResidential addressesBone mineral density lossCox proportional hazards modelSubset of womenBody mass indexMineral density lossSample Cohort dataPopulation-based evidenceInterquartile range increaseParticipants' residential addressesProportional hazards modelOsteoporotic fracture incidenceExposure-response associationsMass indexFracture incidenceFine particulate matterDisease historyKorean adults