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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ma, Yuxia
• Zhao, Yuxin
• Yang, Sixu
• Zhou, Jianding
• Xin, Jinyuan
• Wang, Shigong
• Yang, Dandan

Titel

Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on emergency room admissions due to cardiovascular causes in Beijing, China

Ist Teil von

• Environmental pollution (1987), 2017-11, Vol.230, p.974-980

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ambient air pollution has been a major global public health issue. A number of studies have shown various adverse effects of ambient air pollution on cardiovascular diseases. In the current study, we investigated the short-term effects of ambient air pollution on emergency room (ER) admissions due to cardiovascular causes in Beijing from 2009 to 2012 using a time-series analysis. A total of 82430 ER cardiovascular admissions were recorded. Different gender (male and female) and age groups (15yrs ≤ age <65 yrs and age ≥ 65 yrs) were also examined by single model and multiple-pollutant model. Three major pollutants (SO2, NO2 and PM10) had lag effects of 0–2 days on cardiovascular ER admissions. The relative risks (95% CI) of per 10 μg/m3 increase in PM10, SO2 and NO2 were 1.008 (0.997–1.020), 1.008(0.999–1.018) and 1.014(1.003–1.024), respectively. The effect was more pronounced in age ≥65 and males in Beijing. We also found the stronger acute effects on the elderly and females at lag 0 than on the younger people and males at lag 2. [Display omitted] •Significant associations were found between air pollution and emergency admissions of cardiovascular diseases.•Air pollutants had lag effects on age and gender groups.•Stronger effects of air pollutants were observed for age ≥65 yrs and males.•More acute effects of air pollutants were found for age ≥65 yrs and females. Air pollutants had significant lag effects on different age and gender groups. The effects were more pronounced in age ≥65 and males in Beijing, China.