Short-term effects of air pollutants on hospitalization for childhood respiratory diseases in Suzhou City: a time-stratified case-crossover study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Short-term exposure to air pollution has been demonstrated in previous studies to correlate with respiratory disease (RD) in children. Due to regional heterogeneity, our objective was to explore the correlation between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory ailments in children in Suzhou City from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2022, alongside assessing the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on this relationship.

Methods

We collected data on air pollutant levels and hospital admissions for childhood respiratory disease (RD) in Suzhou, China, from 2017 to 2022. We utilized a time-stratified case-crossover design along with a conditional logistic regression model to assess the short-term impacts of air pollutants on RD

SUBMITTER: Zhang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619297 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature