The impact of outdoor air pollutants on outpatient visits for respiratory diseases during 2012-2016 in Jinan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have investigated the associations between outdoor air pollution and outpatient visits for respiratory diseases (RDs) in general population.

Methods

We collected daily outpatient data of primary RDs from five hospitals in Jinan during January 2012 and December 2016, as well as daily measurements of air pollutants from the Jinan Environmental Monitoring Center and daily meteorological variables from the China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System. A generalized additive model (GAM) with quasi-Poisson regression was constructed to estimate the associations between daily average concentrations of outdoor air pollutants (PM_2.5,PM₁₀, SO₂, NO₂, CO and O₃) and daily outpatient visits of RDs after adj

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292059 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature