Association of ambient ozone with pneumonia hospital admissions in Hong Kong and Taipei: A tale of two Southeast Asian cities

Ozone (O3) is a reactive oxidant exerting both inflammatory and oxidative damages to the respiratory system. With the ground-level O3 progressively increasing in the past decade, the reevaluation of the pneumonia hospitalization risk from exposure to O3 is of public health interest. We conducted an...

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Main Authors: Hong Qiu, Kai-Jen Chuang, Chyi-Huey Bai, Yen-Chun Fan, Ta-Pang Chang, Steve Hung-Lam Yim, Tze-Wai Wong, Kin-Fai Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021002592