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Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Respiratory and Circulatory Morbidity in Colombia 2011–2014: A Multi-City, Time-Series Analysis

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  • Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar

    (Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia)

  • Néstor Yezid Rojas-Roa

    (Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 111931, Colombia)

  • Luis Camilo Blanco-Becerra

    (Facultad de Economía, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogota 110231, Colombia)

  • Víctor Mauricio Herrera-Galindo

    (Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga 681004, Colombia)

  • Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño

    (Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla 081007, Colombia)

Abstract

Few studies have been conducted on the effect of air pollution on morbidity in Latin America. This study analyzed the effects of air pollution on respiratory and circulatory morbidity in four major cities in Colombia. An ecological time-series analysis was conducted with pollution data from air quality monitoring networks and information on emergency department visits between 2011 and 2014. Daily 24-h averages were calculated for NO 2 , PM 10 , PM 2.5 , and SO 2 as well as 8-h averages for CO and O 3 . Separate time-series were constructed by disease group and pollutant. Conditional negative binomial regression models were used with average population effects. Effects were calculated for the same day and were adjusted for weather conditions, age groups, and their interactions. The results showed that effects of some of the pollutants differed among the cities. For NO 2 , PM 10 , and PM 2.5 , the multi-city models showed greater and statistically significant percentage increases in emergency department visits for respiratory diseases, particularly for the 5 to 9-year-old age group. These same pollutants also significantly affected the rate of emergency department visits for circulatory diseases, especially for the group of persons over 60 years of age.

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  • Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar & Néstor Yezid Rojas-Roa & Luis Camilo Blanco-Becerra & Víctor Mauricio Herrera-Galindo & Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, 2018. "Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Respiratory and Circulatory Morbidity in Colombia 2011–2014: A Multi-City, Time-Series Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:8:p:1610-:d:160786
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    1. Laís Fajersztajn & Paulo Saldiva & Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira & Victor Figueiredo Leite & Anna Maria Buehler, 2017. "Short-term effects of fine particulate matter pollution on daily health events in Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 62(7), pages 729-738, September.
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    1. Dayana Milena Agudelo-Castañeda & Elba Calesso Teixeira & Larissa Alves & Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño & Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar, 2019. "Monthly-Term Associations Between Air Pollutants and Respiratory Morbidity in South Brazil 2013–2016: A Multi-City, Time-Series Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-13, October.
    2. Luciana Leirião & Michelle de Oliveira & Tiago Martins & Simone Miraglia, 2023. "A Multi-Pollutant and Meteorological Analysis of Cardiorespiratory Mortality among the Elderly in São Paulo, Brazil—An Artificial Neural Networks Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(8), pages 1-23, April.

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