Emergency room visits associated with particulate concentration and Asian dust storms in metropolitan Taipei

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-196

  Lin, Yu Kai ^a   Chen, Chi Feng ^b   Yeh, Hui Chung ^b   Wang, Yu Chun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian dust storm; circulatory; emergency room visits; particulate matter; respiratory

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DUST; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84958676098     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.70     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Sacks JD, Stanek LW, Luben TJ, Johns DO, Buckley BJ, Brown JS, et al. Particulate matter-induced health effects: who is susceptible?. Environ Health Perspect. 2011; 119: 446-454.
2. Bell ML, Zanobetti A, Dominici F. Evidence on vulnerability and susceptibility to health risks associated with short-Term exposure to particulate matter: a systematic review and meta-Analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2013; 178: 865-876.
3. WHO Ambient (outdoor) air quality and health, 2014.
4. AQICN. Air Pollution in World: Real-Time Air Quality Index Visual Map, 2014.
5. Cheng MT, Lin YC, Chio CP, Wang CF, Kuo CY. Characteristics of aerosols collected in central Taiwan during an Asian dust event in spring 2000. Chemosphere. 2005; 61: 1439-1450.
6. Chen SJ, Hsieh LT, Kao MJ, Lin WY, Huang KL, Lin CC. Characteristics of particles sampled in southern Taiwan during the Asian dust storm periods in 2000 and 2001. Atmos Environ. 2004; 38: 5925-5934.
7. Lee H, Honda Y, Lim YH, Guo YL, Hashizume M, Kim H. Effect of Asian dust storms on mortality in three Asian cities. Atmos Environ. 2014; 89: 309-317.
8. Chien LC, Yang CH, Yu HL. Estimated effects of asian dust storms on spatiotemporal distributions of clinic visits for respiratory diseases in Taipei Children (Taiwan). Environ Health Perspect. 2012; 120: 1215-1220.
9. Watanabe M, Yamasaki A, Burioka N, Kurai J, Yoneda K, Yoshida A, et al. Correlation between Asian dust storms and worsening asthma in Western Japan. Allergol Int. 2011; 60: 267-275.
10. Chan CC, Ng HC. A case-crossover analysis of Asian dust storms and mortality in the downwind areas using 14-year data in Taipei. Sci Total Environ. 2011; 410-411: 47-52.
11. Yang CY, Chen YS, Chiu HF, Goggins WB. Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily stroke admissions in Taipei, Taiwan. Environ Res. 2005; 99: 79-84.
12. Chan CC, Chuang KJ, Chen WJ, Chang WT, Lee CT, Peng CM. Increasing cardiopulmonary emergency visits by long-range transported Asian dust storms in Taiwan. Environ Res. 2008; 106: 393-400.
13. Bell ML, Levy JK, Lin Z. The effect of sandstorms and air pollution on causespecific hospital admissions in Taipei, Taiwan. Occup Environ Med. 2008; 65: 104-111.
14. Perrone MG, Gualtieri M, Consonni V, Ferrero L, Sangiorgi G, Longhin E, et al. Particle size, chemical composition, seasons of the year and urban, rural or remote site origins as determinants of biological effects of particulate matter on pulmonary cells. Environ Pollut. 2013; 176: 215-227.
15. Krall JR, Anderson GB, Dominici F, Bell ML, Peng RD. Short-Term exposure to particulate matter constituents and mortality in a national study of U.S. urban communities. Environ Health Perspect. 2013; 121: 1148-1153.
16. Dai L, Zanobetti A, Koutrakis P, Schwartz JD. Associations of fine particulate matter species with mortality in the United States: a multicity time-series analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2014; 122: 837-842.
17. Pun VC, Yu IT, Ho KF, Qiu H, Sun Z, Tian L. Differential effects of source-specific particulate matter on emergency hospitalizations for ischemic heart disease in Hong Kong. Environ Health Perspect. 2014; 122: 391-396.
18. Ito K, Mathes R, Ross Z, Nadas A, Thurston G, Matte T. Fine particulate matter constituents associated with cardiovascular hospitalizations and mortality in New York City. Environ Health Perspect. 2011; 119: 467-473.
19. Zhou J, Ito K, Lall R, Lippmann M, Thurston G. Time-series analysis of mortality effects of fine particulate matter components in Detroit and Seattle. Environ Health Perspect. 2011; 119: 461-466.
20. Chen YS, Yang CY. Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in Taipei, Taiwan. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2005; 68: 1457-1464.
21. Chen YS, Sheen PC, Chen ER, Liu YK, Wu TN, Yang CY. Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily mortality in Taipei, Taiwan. Environ Res. 2004; 95: 151-155.
22. Yu HL, Yang CH, Chien LC. Spatial vulnerability under extreme events: a case of Asian dust storm's effects on children's respiratory health. Environ Int. 2013; 54: 35-44.
23. Bureau of National Health Insurance, National Health Insurance Profile [in Chinese] Taipei: Bureau of National Health Insurance, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Republic of China, 2001.
24. Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, Longitudinal Health Insurance Database, 2014. Available at: http://w3.nhri.org.tw/nhird/en/Data-Subsets. html#S3 (accessed on 20 January 2014).
25. Taiwan Central Weather Bureau, The Central Weather Bureau Online Information, 2013. Available at: http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm (accessed on 1 March 2013).
26. Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan Air Quality Monitoring Network, 2013. Available at: http://taqm.epa.gov.tw/taqm/en/PsiAreaHourly.aspx (accessed on 1 March 2013).
27. The World Meteorological Organization, Climate and Land Degradation, 2005. Available at: http://www.wmo.int/pages/themes/wmoprod/documents/.WMO989E.pdf (accessed on 5 February 2015).
28. de Longueville F, Ozer P, Doumbia S, Henry S. Desert dust impacts on human health: an alarming worldwide reality and a need for studies in West Africa. Int J Biometeorol. 2013; 57: 1-19.
29. Liu TH, Tsai FJ, Hsu SC, Hsu CW, Shiu CJ, Chen WN, et al. Southeastward transport of Asian dust: Source, transport and its contributions to Taiwan. Atmos Environ. 2009; 43: 458-467.
30. US Environmental Protection Administration Guideline For Reporting of Daily Air Quality - Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), North Carolina, USA, 1998.
31. Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Kenward MG. Distributed lag non-linear models. Stat Med. 2010; 29: 2224-2234.
32. Wang YC, Lin YK, Chuang CY, Li MH, Chou CH, Liao CH, et al. Associating emergency room visits with first and prolonged extreme temperature event in Taiwan: a population-based cohort study. Sci Total Environ. 2012; 416: 97-104.
33. Akaike H. Information theory and an entension of the maximum likelihood principle. In: Petrov BN and Csaki F (eds), 2nd International Symposium on Information Theory, Akademiai Kiado: Budapest, 1973, pp 267-281.
34. Chen SY, Lin YL, Chang WT, Lee CT, Chan CC. Increasing emergency room visits for stroke by elevated levels of fine particulate constituents. Sci Total Environ. 2014; 473-474: 446-450.
35. Franklin M, Koutrakis P, Schwartz P. The role of particle composition on the association between PM2.5 and mortality. Epidemiology. 2008; 19: 680-689.
36. Zanobetti A, Franklin M, Koutrakis P, Schwartz J. Fine particulate air pollution and its components in association with cause-specific emergency admissions. Environ Health. 2009; 8: 58.
37. Mostofsky E, Schwartz J, Coull BA, Koutrakis P, Wellenius GA, Suh HH, et al. Modeling the association between particle constituents of air pollution and health outcomes. Am J Epidemiol. 2012; 176: 317-326.
38. Li P, Xin J, Wang Y, Wang S, Shang K, Liu Z, et al. Time-series analysis of mortality effects from airborne particulate matter size fractions in Beijing. Atmos Environ. 2013; 81: 253-262.
39. Li P, Xin J, Wang Y, Wang S, Li G, Pan X, et al. The acute effects of fine particles on respiratory mortality and morbidity in Beijing, 2004-2009. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2013; 20: 6433-6444.
40. Yang CY, Tsai SS, Chang CC, Ho SC. Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily admissions for asthma in Taipei, Taiwan. Inhal Toxicol. 2005; 17: 817-821.
41. Yu HL, Chien LC, Yang CH. Asian dust storm elevates children's respiratory health risks: a spatiotemporal analysis of children's clinic visits across Taipei (Taiwan). PLoS One. 2012; 7: e41317.
42. Lin CY, Chou CCK, Wang ZF, Lung SC, Lee CT, Yuan CS, et al. Impact of different transport mechanisms of Asian dust and anthropogenic pollutants to Taiwan. Atmos Environ. 2012; 60: 403-418.
43. Dominici F, Daniels M, Zeger SL, Samet JM. Air pollution and mortality: estimating regional and national dose-response relationships. J Am Stat Assoc. 2002; 97: 100-111.
44. Xie W, Li G, Zhao D, Xie X, Wei Z, Wang W, et al. Relationship between fine particulate air pollution and ischaemic heart disease morbidity and mortality. Heart. 2015; 101: 257-263.
45. Wang Y-C, Lin Y-K. Mortality associated with particulate concentration and Asian dust storms in Metropolitan Taipei. Atmos Environ. 2015; 117: 32-40.
46. Kim SY, Peel JL, Hannigan MP, Dutton SJ, Sheppard L, Clark ML, et al. The temporal lag structure of short-Term associations of fine particulate matter chemical constituents and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations. Environ Health Perspect. 2012; 120: 1094-1099.
47. Pun VC, Tian L, Yu IT, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Qiu H. Differential distributed lag patterns of source-specific particulate matter on respiratory emergency hospitalizations. Environ Sci Technol. 2015; 49: 3830-3838.
48. Li P, Xin J, Wang Y, Li G, Pan X, Wang S, et al. Association between particulate matter and its chemical constituents of urban air pollution and daily mortality or morbidity in Beijing City. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2015; 22: 358-368.
49. Zanobetti A, Wand MP, Schwartz J, Ryan LM. Generalized additive distributed lag models: quantifying mortality displacement. Biostatistics. 2000; 1: 279-292.
50. Stafoggia M, Cesaroni G, Peters A, Andersen ZJ, Badaloni C, Beelen R, et al. Longterm exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project. Environ Health Perspect. 2014; 122: 919-925.