Association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants and the risk of hospital visits for acute upper respiratory tract infections among adults: a time-series study in Ningbo, China
Jin-Ying Huang,
Wei Feng,
Guo-Xin Sang
et al.
Abstract:Objectives
Acute upper respiratory tract infections (AURTIs) are prevalent in the general population. However, studies on the association of short-term exposure to air pollution with the risk of hospital visits for AURTIs in adults are limited. This study aimed to explore the short-term exposure to air pollutants among Chinese adults living in Ningbo.
Methods
Quasi-Poisson time serious regressions with distributed lag non-linear models (DLNM) were … Show more
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