NDLI: Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Myocardial Infarction in a Tropical City: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Cheng, Ming-Fen Tsai, Shang-Shyue Yang, Chun-Yuh
Spatial Coverage	Taiwan
Description	Country affiliation: Taiwan Author Affiliation: Cheng MF ( Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.)
Abstract	This study was undertaken to determine whether there was an association between air pollutant levels and increased hospital admissions for myocardial infarction (MI) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Hospital admissions for MI and ambient air pollution data for Kaohsiung were obtained for the period 1996–2006. The relative risk of hospital admissions was estimated using a case-crossover approach, controlling for weather variables, day of the week, seasonality, and long-term time trends. In the single-pollutant models, on warm days (>25°C), statistically significant positive associations were found in all pollutants except particulate matter $(PM_{10})$ and sulfur dioxide $(SO_{2}).$ On cool days (<25°C), all pollutants were significantly associated with MI admissions except for ozone $(O_{3}).$ For the two-pollutant model, $O_{3}$ and carbon monoxide (CO) were significant in combination with each of the other four pollutants on warm days. On cool days, nitrogen dioxide $(NO_{2})$ remained statistically significant in all the two-pollutant models. This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of higher frequency of hospital admissions for MI.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	15287394
Issue Number	19
Volume Number	72
e-ISSN	10872620
Journal	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A
Language	English
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Publisher Date	2009-01-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Environmental Health Discipline Toxicology Air Pollutants Adverse Effects Air Pollution Myocardial Infarction Etiology Hospitalization Humans Epidemiology Taiwan Temperature Tropical Climate Journal Article
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology

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