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SUBMITTER: Xu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003346 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Xu Chen C Fan Yan-Ni YN Kan Hai-Dong HD Chen Ren-Jie RJ Liu Jiang-Hong JH Li Ya-Fei YF Zhang Yao Y Ji Ai-Ling AL Cai Tong-Jian TJ
PloS one 20160829 8
<h4>Background and purpose</h4>The data concerning the association between environmental pollution and epilepsy attacks are limited. The aim of this study was to explore the association between acute air pollution exposure and epilepsy attack.<h4>Methods</h4>A hospital record-based study was carried out in Xi'an, a heavily-polluted metropolis in China. Daily baseline data were obtained. Time-series Poisson regression models were applied to analyze the association between air pollution and epilep ...[more]