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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Source-Specific Volatile Organic Compounds and Emergency Hospital Admissions for Cardiorespiratory Diseases.

Jinjun Ran, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Shengzhi Sun, Lefei Han, Shi Zhao, Wei Zhu, Jinhui Li, Linwei Tian

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Jinjun RanSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2684-6341
Marianthi-Anna KioumourtzoglouDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Shengzhi SunSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3708-1225
Lefei HanSchool of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Shi ZhaoJC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8722-6149
Wei ZhuDepartment of Toxicology, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China.
Jinhui LiSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2572-3454
Linwei TianSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2240-8886
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Hong Kong · HKBoston University · USColumbia University · USGuangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNHong Kong Polytechnic University · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge gaps remain regarding the cardiorespiratory impacts of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the general population. This study identified contributing sources to ambient VOCs and estimated the short-term effects of VOC apportioned sources on daily emergency hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases in Hong Kong from 2011 to 2014. We estimated VOC source contributions using fourteen organic chemicals by positive matrix factorization. Then, we examined the associations between the short-term exposure to VOC apportioned sources and emergency hospital admissions for cause-specific cardiorespiratory diseases using generalized additive models with polynomial distributed lag models while controlling for meteorological and co-pollutant confounders. We identified six VOC sources: gasoline emissions, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) usage, aged VOCs, architectural paints, household products, and biogenic emissions. We found that increased emergency hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were positively linked to ambient VOCs from gasoline emissions (excess risk (ER%): 2.1%; 95% CI: 0.9% to 3.4%), architectural paints (ER%: 1.5%; 95% CI: 0.2% to 2.9%), and household products (ER%: 1.5%; 95% CI: 0.2% to 2.8%), but negatively associated with biogenic VOCs (ER%: -6.6%; 95% CI: -10.4% to -2.5%). Increased congestive heart failure admissions were positively related to VOCs from architectural paints and household products in cold seasons. This study suggested that source-specific VOCs might trigger the exacerbation of cardiorespiratory diseases.

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Air PollutantsEmergency Service, HospitalPatient AdmissionVolatile Organic CompoundsEnvironmental MonitoringHong KongHumansVehicle EmissionsAir PollutantsVehicle EmissionsVolatile Organic Compoundscardiovascular diseaseemergency hospital admissionsrespiratory diseasesource apportionmentvolatile organic compounds

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PMID32867048
PMCPMC7503811
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