Association between ambient air pollutants and upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia disease burden in Thailand from 2000 to 2022: a high frequency ecological analysis

Abstract Background A pertinent risk factor of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and pneumonia is the exposure to major ambient air pollutants, with short term exposures to different air pollutants being shown to exacerbate several respiratory conditions. Methods Here, using disease surveil...

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Main Authors: Esther Li Wen Choo, A. Janhavi, Joel Ruihan Koo, Steve H. L. Yim, Borame L Dickens, Jue Tao Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08185-0