Association of short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and ozone with outpatient visits for anxiety disorders: A hospital-based case-crossover study in South China

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 361; pp. 277 - 284
• Main Authors: Xu, Ruijun, Luo, Lu, Yuan, Ting, Chen, Wangni, Wei, Jing, Shi, Chunxiang, Wang, Sirong, Liang, Sihan, Li, Yingxin, Zhong, Zihua, Liu, Likun, Zheng, Yi, Deng, Xinyi, Liu, Tingting, Fan, Zhaoyu, Liu, Yuewei, Zhang, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.09.2024
• Subjects: Anxiety disorders; Case-crossover study; Fine particulate matter; Outpatient visit; Ozone; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Ozone; Case-crossover study; Fine particulate matter; Anxiety disorders; Outpatient visit

The short-term adverse effects of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) on anxiety disorders (ADs) remained inconclusive. We applied an individual-level time-stratified case-crossover study, which including 126,112 outpatient visits for ADs during 2019–2021 in Guangdong province, Ch...