The objective of this study is to assess the short-term effect of @entity9733 (SO(2)) air pollution levels on hospital admissions for @entity65 . Daily mean hospital admissions for @entity65 , @entity741 ( @entity741 ), and @entity64 in seven European areas (the cities of Birmingham, London, Milan, Paris, Rome, and Stockholm, and in The Netherlands) participating in the multicenter European study of air pollution (Aphea-II), were measured. Time series analysis of daily hospital admission counts was performed using poison autoregressive models. A summary regression coefficient for all cities was provided. Daily numbers of all cardiovascular admissions except @entity64 , and particularly @entity741 , rose significantly with an increase of daily @entity9734 levels of the same day and day before. After adjusting for PM(10)(i.e. particles with size <10 microm), the association of SO(2)with IHD admissions remained significant (i.e. an increase of 0.7%; 95% confidence interval=0.1-1.3, per each 10 microg/m(3)increase of SO(2)) among subjects younger than 65 years, but not among subjects older than 65. In the older group the increase was only significant for particles (1.3%; CI 0.7-1.8, per each increase in 10 microg/m(3)of PM(10)). This study provides new evidence for the effects of urban air pollution on @entity299 in Europe, and suggests that SO(2)pollution may play an independent role in triggering @entity63 @entity299 . From a Public Health perspective these results suggest that reduction in @entity9734 levels in European cities could imply a reduction of admissions for @entity741 .

The association of daily @entity9733 air pollution levels with hospital admissions for XXXX in Europe (The Aphea-II study).

@entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity63 :: ('MESH:D007511', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic'] @entity9733 :: ('MESH:D013458', 'Chemical') :: ['sulfur dioxide'] @entity741 :: ('MESH:D017202', 'Disease') :: ['IHDs', 'ischemic heart diseases'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac events', 'cardiac diseases'] @entity9734 :: ('CHEBI:29825', 'Chemical') :: ['SO(2)'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular diseases']
@entity65 :: (MESH:D002318,Disease) :: ['cardiovascular diseases']
