Effects of particulate matter (PM) on childhood asthma exacerbation and control in Xiamen, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The short-term effects of particulate matter (PM) exposure on childhood asthma exacerbation and disease control rate is not thoroughly assessed in Chinese population yet. The previous toxic effects of PM exposure are either based on long-term survey or experimental data from cell lines or mouse models, which also needs to be validated by real-world evidences.

Methods

We evaluated the short-term effects of PM exposure on asthma exacerbation in a Chinese population of 3106 pediatric outpatientsand disease control rate (DCR) in a population of 3344 children using case-crossover design. All the subjects enrolled are non-hospitalized outpatients. All data for this study were collected from the electronic health record (EHR) in the period between January 1, 2016 and Jun

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6563520 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature