2021
Short-term Exposure to Air pollution and the Attributable Risk of Emergency Room Visits for Kidney Diseases
Lee W, Prifti K, Kim H, Kim E, Yang J, Min J, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Bell M. Short-term Exposure to Air pollution and the Attributable Risk of Emergency Room Visits for Kidney Diseases. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2021, 2021 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2021.p-228.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
The January 2013 Beijing “Airpocalypse” and its acute effects on emergency and outpatient visits at a Beijing hospital
Ferreri JM, Peng RD, Bell ML, Ya L, Li T, Brooke Anderson G. The January 2013 Beijing “Airpocalypse” and its acute effects on emergency and outpatient visits at a Beijing hospital. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 2017, 11: 301-309. PMID: 31853329, PMCID: PMC6918940, DOI: 10.1007/s11869-017-0538-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRespiratory outpatient visitsOutpatient visitsEmergency medical visitsMedical visitsBeijing HospitalRespiratory emergency visitsWorld Health Organization guidelinesHealth Organization guidelinesEmergency visitsPotential confoundersAcute effectsRelative riskSevere episodesLargest health impactOrganization guidelinesNearby hospitalVisitsHospitalEpisodesEpisode definitionHealth impactsFine particulate matter (PM2.5) measurementsRiskCauseDaily countsEffects of ambient PM1 air pollution on daily emergency hospital visits in China: an epidemiological study
Chen G, Li S, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Li D, Wei X, He Y, Bell ML, Williams G, Marks GB, Jalaludin B, Abramson MJ, Guo Y. Effects of ambient PM1 air pollution on daily emergency hospital visits in China: an epidemiological study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2017, 1: e221-e229. PMID: 29851607, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(17)30100-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency hospital visitsDaily emergency hospital visitsHospital visitsEpidemiological studiesHealth effectsAmbient PMMean daily numberTime series Poisson regressionAmbient air pollutionCause-effect associationPoisson regressionVisitsLarge hospitalsEffect estimatesHigher RRStatistical significanceLag 0Daily numberHospitalMean daily concentrationsDaily countsAir pollutionDaily PMDaily concentrationsSevere ambient air pollution