Effect of ambient fine particulates (PM_2.5) on hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive associations between ambient PM_2.5 and cardiorespiratory disease have been well demonstrated during the past decade. However, few studies have examined the adverse effects of PM_2.5 based on an entire population of a megalopolis. In addition, most studies in China have used averaged data, which results in variations between monitoring and personal exposure values, creating an inherent and unavoidable type of measurement error.

Methods

This study was conducted in Wuhan, a megacity in central China with about 10.9 million people. Daily hospital admission records, from October 2016 to December 2018, were obtained from the Wuhan Information center of Health and Family Planning, which administrates all hospitals in Wuhan. Daily air polluti

SUBMITTER: Ren Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8080330 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature