Respiratory incidents in response to air quality deterioration in the summer and early autumn season.

ABSTRACT: The paper presents the results of an ecological study completed within the warm seasonal period of 01/07/2024-31/10/2024. The aim is to assess the relationship between ambient air quality deterioration and acute respiratory incidents occurring in the inhabitants of Gliwice (Poland; Upper Silesian agglomeration). The number of daily medical services (MS) due to respiratory diseases and illnesses was obtained from the register of the National Health Fund (Silesian Voivodeship Branch in Katowice). The daily mean values of aerosanitary factors in Gliwice came from the mobile air pollution laboratory of the Silesian University of Technology in Poland. The relative risk (RR) of MS was estimated using a Poisson log-linear model considering independent environmental factors (meteorological factors

SUBMITTER: Niewiadomska E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12543195 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature