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Association between air pollution and general outpatient clinic consultations for upper respiratory tract infections in Hong Kong.

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العنوان: Association between air pollution and general outpatient clinic consultations for upper respiratory tract infections in Hong Kong.
المؤلفون: Wilson W S Tam, Tze Wai Wong, Lorna Ng, Samuel Y S Wong, Kenny K L Kung, Andromeda H S Wong
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e86913 (2014)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Many studies have shown the adverse effects of air pollution on respiratory health, but few have examined the effects of air pollution on service utilisation in the primary care setting. The aim of this study was to examine the association between air pollution and the daily number of consultations due to upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in general outpatient clinics (GOPCs) in Hong Kong. METHODS: Daily data on the numbers of consultations due to URTIs in GOPCs, the concentrations of major air pollutants, and the mean values of metrological variables were retrospectively collected over a 3-year period (2008-2010, inclusive). Generalised additive models were constructed to examine the association between air pollution and the daily number of consultations, and to derive the relative risks and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of GOPC consultations for a unit increase in the concentrations of air pollutants. RESULTS: The mean daily consultations due to URTIs in GOPCs ranged from 68.4 to 253.0 over the study period. The summary relative risks (and 95% CI) of daily consultations in all GOPCs for the air pollutants PM10, NO2, O3, and SO2 were 1.005 (1.002, 1.009), 1.010 (1.006, 1.013), 1.009 (1.006, 1.012), and 1.004 (1.000, 1.008) respectively, per 10 µg/m(3) increase in the concentration of each pollutant. CONCLUSION: Significant associations were found between the daily number of consultations due to URTIs in GOPCs and the concentrations of air pollutants, implying that air pollution incurs a substantial morbidity and increases the burden of primary health care services.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
78108144
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3900683?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086913
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/3897b781081444cc9b3accf1a1852475
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.3897b781081444cc9b3accf1a1852475
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
78108144
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0086913