Short-term association between ambient air pollution and pneumonia in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of time-series and case-crossover studies

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 230, Issue , 2017, Pages 1000-1008

  Nhung, Nguyen Thi Trang ^a,b,c   Amini, Heresh ^a,b   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Kutlar Joss, Meltem ^a,b   Dien, Tran Minh ^d   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b   Perez, Laura ^a,b,e   Künzli, Nino ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Hospital admissions; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Pediatric pneumonia; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FOG; HOSPITALS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PEDIATRICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK PERCEPTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHILDREN; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; META ANALYSIS; META-REGRESSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85025828465     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.063     Document Type: Review

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