Effect of PM2.5 exposure on emergency department visits and ambulance dispatches: A meta-analysis

[Background] Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution is serious in China and poses a serious threat to human health. [Objective] This meta-analysis is conducted to quantitatively evaluate the association between PM2.5 exposure and both emergency department visits and ambulance dispatches in China....

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Published inHuan jing yu zhi ye yi xue = Journal of environmental & occupational medicine Vol. 38; no. 8; p. 894
Main Authors Wang, Yaqin, Wang, Yu, Liang, Lu, Bai, Fengxia, Chen, Jie, Zhang, Limei
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Shanghai Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control and Prevention 01.01.2021
Subjects
Air pollution
Ambulances
Bias
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Emergency vehicles
Environmental health
Exposure
First aid
Health risks
Heterogeneity
Meta-analysis
Particulate emissions
Particulate matter
Quality assessment
Sensitivity analysis
Statistical analysis
Subgroups
Time series
China
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Summary:[Background] Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution is serious in China and poses a serious threat to human health. [Objective] This meta-analysis is conducted to quantitatively evaluate the association between PM2.5 exposure and both emergency department visits and ambulance dispatches in China. [Methods] Air pollution, atmospheric pollution, particulate matter, emergency, first aid, ambulance, PM2.5 in Chinese were used as keywords to search on CNKI, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform (Wanfang Database), VIP database, and keywords like PM, PM2.5, air pollution, particulate, particle, emergency, ambulance in English were used to search on PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase database. The literature with time series design or case-crossover design were included. The publication time was set from the establishment of the database to July 30, 2021, and finally to March 1, 2021. Stata 12.0 was used for statistical analysis. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used for quality evaluation of
ISSN:2095-9982
DOI:10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2021.20604