Fine Particulate Matter and Emergency Room Visits for Respiratory Illness. Effect Modification by Oxidative Potential
Weichenthal SA, Lavigne E, Evans GJ, Pollitt K, Burnett RT. Fine Particulate Matter and Emergency Room Visits for Respiratory Illness. Effect Modification by Oxidative Potential. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2016, 194: 577-86. PMID: 26963193, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201512-2434oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency room visitsAcute respiratory morbidityRespiratory illnessRoom visitsImpact of PM2.5Respiratory morbidityChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAcute respiratory illnessObstructive pulmonary diseaseFine particulate air pollutionCases of asthmaConditional logistic regressionCase-crossover studyParticulate air pollutionRespiratory outcomesPulmonary diseaseEmergency roomEffect modificationRespiratory tractDaily air pollution dataInterquartile changeTime-varying covariatesOxidative burdenIllnessLogistic regression