Changes in the hospitalization and ED visit rates for respiratory diseases associated with source-specific PM_2.5 in New York State from 2005 to 2016.

ABSTRACT: Prior work found increased rates for emergency department (ED) visits for asthma and hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease per unit mass of PM_2.5 across New York State (NYS) during 2014-2016 after significant reductions in ambient PM_2.5 concentrations had occurred following implementation of various policy actions and major economic disruptions. The associations of source-specific PM_2.5 concentrations with these respiratory diseases were assessed with a time-stratified case-cossover design and logistic regression models to identify the changes in the PM_2.5 that have led to the apparently increased toxicity per unit mass. The rates of ED visits and hospitalizations for asthma and COPD associated with increases in source-specif

SUBMITTER: Hopke PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6982568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature