Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and hospital admission burden in Scotland: 16 year prospective population cohort study
The results of this study support an association between long term (16 years) exposure to ambient air pollution and increased all cause and cause specific hospital admissions for both physical and mental/behavioural illnesses. The results suggest that interventions on air pollution through stricter environmental regulations could help ease the hospital care burden in Scotland in the long term.
Authors
- Urška Demšar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7791-2807)
- Mary Abed Al Ahad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9006-730X)
- Frank Sullivan
- Hill Kulu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-8259)
Institutions
- University of St Andrews (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084032
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.20
Funders
- International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
- Scottish Funding Council
- University of St Andrews
- European Commission
- Joint Information Systems Committee
- International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering
- Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung
- Economic and Social Research Council