Ambient air pollution and cause-specific risk of hospital admission in China: A nationwide time-series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impacts of air pollution on circulatory and respiratory systems have been extensively studied. However, the associations between air pollution exposure and the risk of noncommunicable diseases of other organ systems, including diseases of the digestive, musculoskeletal, and genitourinary systems, remain unclear or inconclusive. We aimed to systematically assess the associations between short-term exposure to main air pollutants (fine particulate matter [PM2.5] and ozone) and cause-specific risk of hospital admission in China over a wide spectrum of human diseases.

Methods and findings

Daily data on hospital admissions for primary diagnosis of 14 major and 188 minor disease categories in 252 Chinese cities (107 cities in North China and 145 cities in South Chin

SUBMITTER: Gu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7410211 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature