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Relationship between different air pollutants and total and cause-specific emergency ambulance dispatches in Shanghai, China.
Jiang, Jie; Wu, Degen; Chen, Yanjia; Han, Yanxin; Jin, Wei.
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  • Jiang J; Department of Emergency, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No.197, Ruijin Er Road, Shanghai, China.
  • Wu D; Shanghai Medical Emergency Center, No. 638, Yishan Road, Shanghai, China.
  • Chen Y; Department of Vascular and Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No.197, Ruijin Er Road, Shanghai, China.
  • Han Y; Department of Vascular and Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No.197, Ruijin Er Road, Shanghai, China.
  • Jin W; Department of Vascular and Cardiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No.197, Ruijin Er Road, Shanghai, China. jinwei1125@126.com.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health ; 94(7): 1709-1719, 2021 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34319408
OBJECTIVE: Air pollutants play a crucial role in human health and disease. Emergency ambulance dispatch data have excellent potential for public and environmental health research. This study aimed at investigating the impact of short-term exposure to air pollutants on the emergency ambulance dispatches. METHODS: We used data on emergency ambulance dispatches in Shanghai Municipality, China, from April 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. The association of the daily emergency ambulance dispatches with air pollutants including PM2.5 (particles ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter), PM10, O3, NO2 and SO2 was analyzed with the use of time-series analyses. RESULTS: A total of 310,825 emergency ambulance dispatches for acute illness occurred in Shanghai during the study period. An increase in PM2.5 by 10 µg/m3 at lag1 and lag2 was shown to increase the risk of emergency ambulance dispatches (RR for lag1 = 1.05, 95% CI 1.00-1.11, RR for lag2 = 1.07, 95% CI 1.01-1.12). PM10, NO2, and SO2 also showed significant associations with emergency ambulance dispatches in single-pollutant models. Cause-specific analyses showed an elevation in PM2.5 by 10 µg/m3 was associated with an increased risk of emergency ambulance dispatches related to respiratory diseases on the current day (lag0, RR 1.17, 95% CI 1.01-1.33), while the impact on emergency ambulance dispatches related to other diseases presented 1-3 days later. The other pollutants have the similar trend. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show a strong relationship between ambient air pollutants and emergency ambulance dispatches. Our study contributes to the growing body of evidence describing the adverse health effects of ambient air pollution and will benefit ambulance services for early warning and effective ambulatory planning.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ambulâncias / Poluentes Atmosféricos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ambulâncias / Poluentes Atmosféricos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article