Association of air pollution with outpatient visits for respiratory diseases of children in an ex-heavily polluted Northwestern city, China

Association of air pollution with outpatient visits for respiratory diseases of children in an ex-heavily polluted Northwestern city, China

Abstract Background A great number of studies have confirmed that children are a particularly vulnerable population to air pollution. Methods In the present study, 332,337 outpatient visits of 15 hospitals for respiratory diseases among children (0–13 years), as well as the simultaneous meteorologic...

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Main Authors: Yueling Ma, Li Yue, Jiangtao Liu, Xiaotao He, Lanyu Li, Jingping Niu, Bin Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Air pollution
Respiratory diseases
Children
Outpatient visit
Time-series study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08933-w

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