Promoted relationship of cardiovascular morbidity with air pollutants in a typical Chinese urban area.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large number of studies about effects of air pollutants on cardiovascular mortality have been conducted; however, those investigating association between air pollutants and cardiovascular morbidity are limited, especially in developing countries.

Methods

A time-series analysis on the short-term association between outdoor air pollutants including particulate matter (PM) with diameters of 10 µm or less (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and cardiovascular morbidity was conducted in Tianjin, China based on 4 years of daily data (2008-2011). The morbidity data were stratified by sex and age. The effects of air pollutants during the warm season and the cool season were also analyzed separately.

Results

Each increase in PM10, SO2, and NO2

SUBMITTER: Tong L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4172570 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature