Differential effects of size-specific particulate matter on the number of visits to outpatient fever clinics: A time-series analysis in Zhuhai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While many studies have investigated the adverse effects of particulate matter (PM), few of them distinguished the different effects of PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and coarse PM (PMc) on outpatients with fever. Our study aimed to estimate and compare the acute cumulative effects of exposure to three size-specific particles on the number of visits to outpatient fever clinics.

Methods

To examine the association between daily PM concentrations and outpatients in fever clinics, a generalized additive Poisson model was applied, stratified by sex, age, and season.

Results

Our study included 56,144 outpatient visits in Zhuhai, from January 2020 to June 2021. On the current day, each 10 mg/m³ increment of PM₁₀ and PMc were estimated t

SUBMITTER: Li D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816473 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature