Temporal cross-correlations between air pollutants and outpatient visits for respiratory and circulatory system diseases in Fuzhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have suggested that there is an association between air pollutants and circulatory and respiratory diseases; however, relatively few have analyzed the association between air pollutants and outpatient visits based on the mortality, hospitalization rates, etc., especially in areas with relatively good air quality. Therefore, we conducted this study to research the association between air pollutants and outpatient visits in Fuzhou, China.

Methods

We used a generalized linear Poisson model to study the association between air pollution and outpatient visits for respiratory and circulatory diseases from 2016 to 2018 in Fuzhou, China.

Results

In the single pollutant model, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) had a significant effect. For lag day 0

SUBMITTER: Jiang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7370472 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature