Short-term exposure to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide and emergency department visits and hospital admissions due to asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 150; p. 106435
• Main Authors: Zheng, Xue-yan, Orellano, Pablo, Lin, Hua-liang, Jiang, Mei, Guan, Wei-jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: acute exposure; Adult; Aged; Air pollutants; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollutants - toxicity; air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; Asthma; Asthma - chemically induced; Asthma - epidemiology; Child; elderly; Emergency Service, Hospital; environment; environmental hazards; Hospitals; human health; Humans; Meta-analysis; morbidity; nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis; Nitrogen Dioxide - toxicity; Observational study; ozone; Ozone - analysis; Ozone - toxicity; Particulate Matter - analysis; pollutants; relative risk; sulfur dioxide; Sulfur Dioxide - toxicity; Systematic review; Time series studies; CRFs; O3; RoB; ETS; Systematic review; NO2; SD; RRU; SO2; Perc-Incr; HAs; PIs; WHO; Observational study; AQGs; Air pollutants; ERVs; ICD; CCO; Asthma; Meta-analysis; ORs; RRobserved; RRs; Time series studies; CoE; GRADE

•8- or 24-hour O3, NO2 and SO2 levels correlated with asthma ERVs and hospitalization.•Heterogeneity was observed in all pollutants except for 8- or 24-hour O3 and 24-hour NO2.•There was no major evidence of publication bias.•The certainty of evidence was high for 8- or 24-hour O3 and 24-hour NO2. A...