Relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing.
OBJECTIVE
To study the relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality of SARS in Beijing.


METHODS
The approach of time-series Poisson regression was used to assess the relationship between daily SARS mortality, ambient air pollution, and other factors from April 25 to May 31, 2003 in Beijing.


RESULTS
An increase of each 10 microg/m3 over a 5-day moving average of PM10, SO2 and NO2 corresponded to 1.06 (1.00-1.12), 0.74 (0.48-1.13) and 1.22 (1.01-1.48) relative risks (RRs) of daily SARS mortality, respectively. The relative risks (RRs) values depended largely on the selection of lag days.


CONCLUSIONS
The daily mortality of SARS might be associated with certain air pollutants in Beijing.
Kan
Hai-Dong
HD
Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. hdkan@shmu.edu.cn
Chen
Bing-Heng
BH
Fu
Chao-Wei
CW
Yu
Shun-Zhang
SZ
Mu
Li-Na
LN
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D010316:Particle Size; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis
D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide