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The effect of outdoor air pollution on the risk of hospitalisation for bronchiolitis in infants: a systematic review.
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- Short-term and long-term effects of air pollution on acute lower respiratory infections incidence and mortality: an overview and critical appraisal of systematic reviews.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Severe Bronchiolitis in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Infants: A Systematic Review.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2025Pooled it
- Air pollution and hospitalization risk in infants with bronchiolitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Characteristics of cohort studies of long-term exposure to PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2019Pooled it
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- Air pollution and the risk of bronchiolitis-related hospital admission in a birth cohort of over 400,000 children born in London.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of a parent champion model on bronchiolitis hospitalisation rates: a difference in differences study.Archives of disease in childhood · 2026Article
- The influence of air pollutants on the risk of emergency department presentations of infants with bronchiolitis in an European air quality hotspot.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025Observational
- Air pollution and respiratory diseases in conurbated cities in the state of São Paulo.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025Article
- Air pollution and bronchiolitis: a case-control study in Antwerp, Belgium.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- Systems for rating bodies of evidence used in systematic reviews of air pollution exposure and reproductive and children's health: a methodological survey.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Review
- Contrasting Health Outcomes following a Severe Smoke Episode and Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life: Findings from an Australian Data Linkage Cohort Study of Hospital Utilization.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Acute and subchronic exposure to urban atmospheric pollutants aggravate acute respiratory failure in infants.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Ambient air pollution and infant health: a narrative review.EBioMedicine · 2023Review
- The concentration of particulate matter in the barn air and its influence on the content of heavy metals in milk.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- PMPediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022Article
- Influence of meteorological factors and air pollutants on severe bronchiolitis cases in the metropolitan area of Barcelona: A pilot study.Anales de pediatria · 2020Article
- [Influence of meteorological factors and air pollutants on severe bronchiolitis cases in the metropolitan area of Barcelona: A pilot study].Anales de pediatria · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically review the evidence around the effect of ambient levels of particulate and gaseous pollutants, and the risk of hospitalisation with bronchiolitis for infants under two years of age.
designSystematic review of observational epidemiological studies including cohort, time series, case crossover and case control study designs. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science searched to November 2017 with no language restrictions. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Studies investigating impact of air pollution levels on particulate pollutants (diameter <2.5 μm (PM2.5) or <10 μm (PM10) and gaseous pollutants (nitrogen dioxide (NO
main outcome measureRisk of hospitalisation from bronchiolitis.
resultsEight studies were eligible for review. Long term exposure to PM2.5 may be associated with increased risk of hospitalisation for bronchiolitis. SO
conclusionsCertain particulate and gaseous pollutants may have a clinically relevant effect on hospital admissions for bronchiolitis in children below age two years old. Large cohort or time series studies are needed to examine this possible association. PROTOCOL: The protocol can be found at PROSPERO (CRD42017080643).
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