The impact of air pollutants on emergency ambulance dispatches due to mental and behavioral disorders in Shenzhen, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationships between air pollutants and mental and behavioral disorders (MBDs) remain unclear. We aimed to identify the primary pollutants affecting mental health and evaluate the short-term effects on emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) due to MBDs.

Methods

Time-stratified case-crossover study and conditional logistic regression model were adopted to explore the impact of air pollutants on EADs due to MBDs from 2013 to 2020 in Shenzhen, China. In order to clarify the influence of gender and age on association, subgroup analysis was carried out. We also applied binary response surface model and distributed lag interaction model to examine the interaction effects between pollutants and meteorological factors on EADs due to MBDs.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Tian YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837661 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature