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Article: Association between air pollution and asthma admission among children in Hong Kong

TitleAssociation between air pollution and asthma admission among children in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsAir pollution
Asthma
Children
Hong Kong
Hospital admission
Issue Date2006
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/CEA
Citation
Clinical And Experimental Allergy, 2006, v. 36 n. 9, p. 1138-1146 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To examine the association of air pollutants with hospital admission for childhood asthma in Hong Kong. Methods: Data on hospital admissions for asthma, influenza and total hospital admissions in children aged ≤18 years at all Hospital Authority hospitals during 1997-2002 were obtained. Data on daily mean concentrations of particles with aerodynamic diameter <10 μm (i. e. PM 10) and <2.5 μm (i. e. PM 2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), sulphur dioxide (SO 2), and ozone (O 3) and data on meteorological variables were associated with asthma hospital admissions using Poisson's regression with generalized additive models for correction of yearly trend, temperature, humidity, day-of-week effect, holiday, influenza admissions and total hospital admission. The possibility of a lag effect of each pollutant and the interaction of different pollutants were also examined. Results: The association between asthma admission with change of NO 2, PM 10, PM 2.5 and O 3 levels remained significant after adjustment for multi-pollutants effect and confounding variables, with increase in asthma admission rate of 5.64% (3.21-8.14) at lag 3 for NO 2, 3.67% (1.52-5.86) at lag 4 for PM 10, 3.24% (0.93-5.60) at lag 4 for PM 2.5 and 2.63% (0.64-4.67) at lag 2 for O 3. Effect of SO 2 was lost after adjustment. Conclusion: Ambient levels of PM 10, PM 2.5, NO 2 and O 3 are associated with childhood asthma hospital admission in Hong Kong. © 2006 The Authors.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80141
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.290
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dc.contributor.authorLee, SLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, WHSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLau, YLen_HK
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dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:02:53Z-
dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationClinical And Experimental Allergy, 2006, v. 36 n. 9, p. 1138-1146en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0954-7894en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80141-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To examine the association of air pollutants with hospital admission for childhood asthma in Hong Kong. Methods: Data on hospital admissions for asthma, influenza and total hospital admissions in children aged ≤18 years at all Hospital Authority hospitals during 1997-2002 were obtained. Data on daily mean concentrations of particles with aerodynamic diameter <10 μm (i. e. PM 10) and <2.5 μm (i. e. PM 2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), sulphur dioxide (SO 2), and ozone (O 3) and data on meteorological variables were associated with asthma hospital admissions using Poisson's regression with generalized additive models for correction of yearly trend, temperature, humidity, day-of-week effect, holiday, influenza admissions and total hospital admission. The possibility of a lag effect of each pollutant and the interaction of different pollutants were also examined. Results: The association between asthma admission with change of NO 2, PM 10, PM 2.5 and O 3 levels remained significant after adjustment for multi-pollutants effect and confounding variables, with increase in asthma admission rate of 5.64% (3.21-8.14) at lag 3 for NO 2, 3.67% (1.52-5.86) at lag 4 for PM 10, 3.24% (0.93-5.60) at lag 4 for PM 2.5 and 2.63% (0.64-4.67) at lag 2 for O 3. Effect of SO 2 was lost after adjustment. Conclusion: Ambient levels of PM 10, PM 2.5, NO 2 and O 3 are associated with childhood asthma hospital admission in Hong Kong. © 2006 The Authors.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/CEAen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofClinical and Experimental Allergyen_HK
dc.rightsClinical and Experimental Allergy. Copyright © Blackwell Publishing Ltd.en_HK
dc.subjectAir pollutionen_HK
dc.subjectAsthmaen_HK
dc.subjectChildrenen_HK
dc.subjectHong Kongen_HK
dc.subjectHospital admissionen_HK
dc.titleAssociation between air pollution and asthma admission among children in Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailLau, YL:lauylung@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02555.xen_HK
dc.identifier.pmid16961713-
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dc.identifier.volume36en_HK
dc.identifier.issue9en_HK
dc.identifier.spage1138en_HK
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
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