Short-term exposure to air pollution and emergency room visits for acute respiratory symptoms among adults

OBJECTIVE: To examine the short-term effect of ambient air pollution on daily acute respiratory emergency room visits among adults.METHODS: A time-series study (June 2017-February 2019) was carried out among adults (≥18 years) visiting a multi-specialty hospital in Delhi. We evaluated the association between the daily levels of particulate matter (PM) <2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) and PM <10 μm in diameter (PM10), ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), carbon monoxide (CO) and sulphur dioxide and daily count of emergency room (ER) visits for acute respiratory symptoms. Generalised additive model (GAM) was used with the Poisson link function to analyse the associations for 0-1 to 0-7 lag days.RESULTS: A total of 69,400 ER visits were recorded, of which 2,669 were by adults due to acute respiratory symptoms. At 0-7 lag days, an increment of 1 standard deviation in NO₂ and PM2.5 concentration was associated with a percentage increase in acute respiratory ER visits of respectively 53.0% (95% CI 30.84-78.97) and 19.5% (95% CI 4.53-36.65). During 0-7 lag days, a positive trend was observed at higher concentrations of CO (>1.86-3.28 mg/m³), while a negative significant association was observed at low concentrations of CO (<1.171 mg/m³).CONCLUSION: Short-term exposure to ambient NO2 and PM2.5 was associated with acute respiratory emergency visits of adults at lag 0-7 days.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 27(2023), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 761-765

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yadav, R [VerfasserIn]
Nagori, A [VerfasserIn]
Madan, K [VerfasserIn]
Lodha, R [VerfasserIn]
Kabra, S K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7U1EE4V452
Carbon Monoxide
Journal Article
Nitrogen Dioxide
Particulate Matter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S7G510RUBH

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Date Completed 27.09.2023

Date Revised 02.10.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5588/ijtld.23.0044

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362462194