Short-Term Joint Effects of PM₁₀, NO₂ and SO₂ on Cardio-Respiratory Disease Hospital Admissions in Cape Town, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aim

In sub-Sahara Africa, few studies have investigated the short-term association between hospital admissions and ambient air pollution. Therefore, this study explored the association between multiple air pollutants and hospital admissions in Cape Town, South Africa.

Methods

Generalized additive quasi-Poisson models were used within a distributed lag linear modelling framework to estimate the cumulative effects of PM₁₀, NO₂, and SO₂ up to a lag of 21 days. We further conducted multi-pollutant models and stratified our analysis by age group, sex, and season.

Results

The overall relative risk (95% confidence interval (CI)) for PM₁₀, NO₂, and SO₂ at lag 0-1 for hospital admissions due to respir

SUBMITTER: Adebayo-Ojo TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8744938 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature