ArticlePloS one2017
Association of time-serial changes in ambient particulate matters (PMs) with respiratory emergency cases in Taipei's Wenshan District.
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- Urban-rural difference in the lagged effects of PM2.5 and PM10 on COPD mortality in Chongqing, China.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Identification of a PD-L1+Tim-1+ iNKT subset that protects against fine particulate matter-induced airway inflammation.JCI insight · 2022Article
- Efficacy of HEPA Air Cleaner on Improving Indoor Particulate Matter 2.5 Concentration.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations between Daily Ambient Air Pollution and Pulmonary Function, Asthma Symptom Occurrence, and Quick-Relief Inhaler Use among Asthma Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A study on the short-term effect of particulate matter pollution on hospital visits for asthma in children in Shanghai, China.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2021Article
- Particulate matter pollution and emergency room visits for respiratory diseases in a valley Basin city of Northwest China.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2021Article
- Assessing PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Association between air pollutants and outpatient and emergency hospital visits for childhood asthma in Shenyang city of China.International journal of biometeorology · 2020Article
- Effects of particulate matter (PM) on childhood asthma exacerbation and control in Xiamen, China.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admissions in Beijing, China (2013-2017).International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseArticle
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Abstract
Ambient air pollution poses a significant risk for a group of common and often debilitating respiratory diseases, but its direct impact on cause-specific respiratory diseases using emergency room visit (ERV) as an indicator remains to be fully explored. In this study, we conducted a time-series study of ambient PM2.5, NO2, SO2 and their association with ERV for asthma, COPD and pneumonia in a four-year time span. Relative risks for ERV as per log increase in the level of ambient pollutants with time lags of up to 10 days were calculated, using a generalized additive model of Poisson regression. Daily 24-h average concentrations of PM2.5 and pollutant gases were obtained from a local Gutting air quality monitoring station. Results showed that the ERVs for pneumonia and asthma were associated with the level of PM2.5. The effects of PM2.5 on the risk of ERV for asthma were found to be significant at lag days 1 and 2 with increasing risk of 4.34% [RR: 1.091; CI: 1.020-1.166 (95%)] and 3.58% [RR: 1.074; CI: 1.007-1.146 (95%)], respectively. The ERV for pneumonia was associated with the level of PM2.5 at lag days 5, 6 and 7, with increasing risk of 1.92% [RR: 1.039; CI: 1.009-1.070 (95%)], 2.03% [RR: 1.041; CI: 1.009-1.075 (95%)], and 1.82% [RR: 1.037; CI: 1.001-1.075 (95%)], respectively. Further, PM2.5, but not NO2 and SO2, posed a significant risk of ERV for asthma during spring at lag days 0, 1 and 2 (17.12%, RR: 1.408, CI: 1.075-1.238; 15.30%, RR: 1.358 CI: 1.158-1.166; 11.94%, RR: 1.165, CI: 1.004-1.121), which was particularly evident for those who were younger than 75 years of age. In contrast, only PM2.5 was a significant risk of ERV for COPD, which was primarily for those who were younger than 75 years of age during summer season at lag days 3, 4 and 5. (26.66%, RR: 1.704, CI: 1.104-2.632; 26.99%; RR: 1.716, CI: 1.151-2.557; 24.09%; RR: 1.619, CI: 1.111-2.360). Collectively, these results suggested significant seasonal variation and differential time lag effects of PM2.5 on ERV for asthma, COPD and pneumonia.
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