Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 230, Issue -, Pages 974-980Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.104
Keywords
Air pollution; Emergency room admissions; Cardiovascular diseases; Time-series
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health [QXJK201608]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41475095]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2017-69]
- China Scholarship Council (CSC) [201308625022]
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Ambient air pollution has been a major global public health issue. A number of studies have shown various adverse effects of ambient air pollution on cardiovascular diseases. In the current study, we investigated the short-term effects of ambient air pollution on emergency room (ER) admissions due to cardiovascular causes in Beijing from 2009 to 2012 using a time-series analysis. A total of 82430 ER cardiovascular admissions were recorded. Different gender (male and female) and age groups (15yrs <= age <65 yrs and age >= 65 yrs) were also examined by single model and multiple-pollutant model. Three major pollutants (SO2, NO2 and PM10) had lag effects of 0-2 days on cardiovascular ER admissions. The relative risks (95% CI) of per 10 mu g/m(3) increase in PM10, SO2 and NO2 were 1.008 (0.997 -1.020), 1.008(0.999-1.018) and 1.014(1.003-1.024), respectively. The effect was more pronounced in age >= 65 and males in Beijing. We also found the stronger acute effects on the elderly and females at lag 0 than on the younger people and males at lag 2. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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