Relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
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(12): 1-4, 2005.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-329609
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The approach of time-series Poisson regression was used to assess the relationship between daily SARS mortality, ambient air pollution, and other factors from April 25 to May 31, 2003 in Beijing.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>An increase of each 10 microg/m3 over a 5-day moving average of PM10, SO2 and NO2 corresponded to 1.06 (1.00-1.12), 0.74 (0.48-1.13) and 1.22 (1.01-1.48) relative risks (RRs) of daily SARS mortality, respectively. The relative risks (RRs) values depended largely on the selection of lag days.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The daily mortality of SARS might be associated with certain air pollutants in Beijing.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Particle Size
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Sulfur Dioxide
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China
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Environmental Monitoring
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Epidemiology
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Risk
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Retrospective Studies
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Mortality
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Cities
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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