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Short-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Hospital Admission for Stroke: A Multi-Center Hospital-Based Case-Crossover Study [PDF]

Toxics
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Exposure to ambient air pollutants and the risk of stroke have been reported in many studies, but the results vary greatly among different regions.
Xiaona Li, Rui Wang, Ruijun Xu, Ling Deng, Sijia Wang, Kui Xie, Qiuying Li, Xuan Luo, Yuewei Liu, Wancheng Ma   +9 more
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Daily changes in fine particulate matter are associated with acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations: an individual-level time-stratified case-crossover study in Zhongshan, China [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundAcute myocardial infarction (AMI) imposes a substantial and growing burden globally. Short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been linked to AMI mortality, yet most studies have focused on absolute pollutant ...
Huanling Zeng, Huanling Zeng, Xin Li, Xin Li, Yuhua Zhao, Yuhua Zhao, Jiajian Xu, Jiajian Xu, Jinkun Wei, Jinkun Wei   +9 more
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Nonoptimal Temperature Is Associated With Higher Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalizations in China [PDF]

JACC: Advances
Background: Previous studies have evaluated extreme temperatures' impact on cardiovascular health, but few have specifically focused on atrial fibrillation (AF)-related hospitalizations across a wide temperature range.
Shihao Wang, MD, PhD, Xiaolei Yang, MD, PhD, Shaobo Shi, MD, PhD, Yanhong Tang, MD, PhD, Yushan Wei, MD, PhD, Yuanjun Sun, MD, PhD, Tesfaldet Habtemariam Hidru, MD, PhD, Xiaomeng Yin, MD, PhD, Gang Wu, MD, PhD, Qingyan Zhao, MD, PhD, Yingxue Dong, MD, PhD, Lianjun Gao, MD, PhD, Gary Tse, MD, PhD, Congxin Huang, MD, PhD, He Huang, MD, PhD, Yunlong Xia, MD, PhD   +15 more
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A novel weighting method to remove bias from within-subject exposure dependency in case-crossover studies

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background Case-crossover studies have been widely used in various fields including pharmacoepidemiology. Vines and Farrington indicated in 2001 that when within-subject exposure dependency exists, conditional logistic regression can be biased.
Kiyoshi Kubota, Thu-Lan Kelly, Tsugumichi Sato, Nicole Pratt, Elizabeth Roughead, Takuhiro Yamaguchi   +5 more
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Acute exposure to air pollutants increase the risk of acute glaucoma

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Ambient air pollution is related to the onset and progression of ocular disease. However, the effect of air pollutants on the acute glaucoma remains unclear.
Liping Li, Yixiang Zhu, Binze Han, Renjie Chen, Xiaofei Man, Xinghuai Sun, Haidong Kan, Yuan Lei   +7 more
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Effects of Dust Event Days on Influenza: Evidence from Arid Environments in Lanzhou

Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2022
Airborne aerosol is believed to be an important pathway for infectious disease transmissions like COVID-19 and influenza. However, the effects of dust event days on influenza have been rarely explored, particularly in arid environments.
Ling Zhang, Sheng Li, Bo Wang, Ce Liu, Li He, Xiaobing Shan, Kai Zhang, Bin Luo   +7 more
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Association between Ambient Temperature and Hospitalization for Renal Diseases in Brazil during 2000–2015: A Nationwide Case-Crossover Study

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022
Summary: Background: Climate change is increasing the risks of injuries, diseases, and deaths globally. However, the association between ambient temperature and renal diseases has not been fully characterized.
Bo Wen, Rongbin Xu, Yao Wu, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li   +6 more
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Case-crossover study on association between temperature and non-accidental mortality in Tibet Plateau, China

环境与职业医学, 2022
BackgroundUnder the background of global climate change, temperature has increased dramatically. Most studies about association between temperature and human health are conducted in low-altitude areas, but rarely focus on plateau areas.ObjectiveTo ...
Guoxia BAI, Junle WU, Heng SHI, Zhuoma PINGCUO, Yajie LI, Cangjue GAMA, Jianxiong HU, Zhixing LI, Tao LIU, Wenjun MA   +9 more
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Extraction bradycardia: a pilot case-crossover study [PDF]

Head & Face Medicine, 2013
Abstract Purpose Significant vasovagal reaction is one of the untoward events in the course of simple extractions. The present study then aimed to record the patients’ heart rate during the extraction procedure. Materials and methods Informed consents were obtained in ...
Rashad, Ashkan, Smeets, Ralf, Rana, Madiha, Bohluli, Behnam   +3 more
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Kawasaki Disease and Vaccination: Prospective Case-Control and Case-Crossover Studies among Infants in Japan

Vaccines, 2021
The causal effects of vaccines on Kawasaki disease (KD) remain elusive. We aimed to examine the association between vaccines administered during infancy and the development of KD in Japan.
Kenji Murata, Sagano Onoyama, Kenichiro Yamamura, Yumi Mizuno, Kenji Furuno, Keita Matsubara, Ken Hatae, Kiminori Masuda, Yuichi Nomura, Takuro Ohno, Akiko Kinumaki, Masaru Miura, Yasunari Sakai, Shouichi Ohga, Wakaba Fukushima, Junji Kishimoto, Yosikazu Nakamura, Toshiro Hara   +17 more
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