Retrospective observational study of emergency department syndromic surveillance data during air pollution episodes across London and Paris in 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Poor air quality (AQ) is a global public health issue and AQ events can span across countries. Using emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance from England and France, we describe changes in human health indicators during periods of particularly poor AQ in London and Paris during 2014.

Methods

Using daily AQ data for 2014, we identified three periods of poor AQ affecting both London and Paris. Anonymised near real-time ED attendance syndromic surveillance data from EDs across England and France were used to monitor the health impact of poor AQ.Using the routine English syndromic surveillance detection methods, increases in selected ED syndromic indicators (asthma, difficulty breathing and myocardial ischaemia), in total and by age, were identified and com

SUBMITTER: Hughes HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914706 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature