Short-term exposure to PM2.5 and hospital admissions for respiratory causes in the Czech Republic

Short-term exposure to PM2.5 and hospital admissions for respiratory causes in the Czech Republic

Background and Aims The Regions Ostrava and Karvina are the most polluted areas in the Czech Republic. The aim of this study was the analysis of effect of ambient fine particles (PM2.5) on acute hospital admissions for respiratory causes. Methods In the period 2013-2019, a total of 20,490 cases of a...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of public health 2022-10, Vol.32 (Supplement_3)
Hauptverfasser: Tomaskova, H, Slachtova, H, Tomasek, I, Polaufova, P, Hellebrandova, L, Splichalova, A
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Sprache:eng
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Aging
Extreme values
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Particulate matter
Particulates
Patient admissions
Poisson distribution
Pollution
Public health
Regions
Relative humidity
Respiratory tract infection
Short term
Statistical analysis
Thin plates
Values
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Zusammenfassung:Background and Aims The Regions Ostrava and Karvina are the most polluted areas in the Czech Republic. The aim of this study was the analysis of effect of ambient fine particles (PM2.5) on acute hospital admissions for respiratory causes. Methods In the period 2013-2019, a total of 20,490 cases of acute hospitalization from respiratory causes (J00-99 according to ICD-10) was registered. The daily PM2.5 concentrations were measured at 5 stations. The analyses were performed in two ways: i) including extreme values (max. 224 μg.m-3) and ii) for PM2.5
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.158