Particulate Matter, Ambient Air Pollution, and Respiratory Disease in Egypt
Air pollution is known to be a risk factor for personal health and an important determinant of various diseases. Numerous studies exist that examine the effects of an increase in air pollution on the risk of disease and mortality from cardiovascula...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/367461624030655581/Particulate-Matter-Ambient-Air-Pollution-and-Respiratory-Disease-in-Egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35810 |
| Summary: | Air pollution is known to be a risk
factor for personal health and an important determinant of
various diseases. Numerous studies exist that examine the
effects of an increase in air pollution on the risk of
disease and mortality from cardiovascular and
cardiopulmonary causes. One possible way to quantify air
pollution is to measure the concentration of particles with
a specific diameter between 2.5 and 10 micrometers are
referred to as (PM10).The authors assess the effects of air
pollutants (PM10) on hospital admissions for respiratory
diseases in Egypt in 2016. They use a retrospective design
and employ a generalized additive model (GAM) to conduct our
analysis. Daily hospital admission data for Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis
were collected from specialized chest hospitals and matched
to air pollution data. The results suggest that the
concentration of PM10 in the air is an important predictor
of respiratory disease. The authors find that a 10 μg/ |
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