The influence of air pollutants on the risk of emergency department presentations of infants with bronchiolitis in an European air quality hotspot
This study indicates that medium-term exposure to higher levels of air pollution increases the risk of the development of bronchiolitis. In particular, the best association results between bronchiolitis admissions and the exposure to the carbonaceous fraction of PM<sub>2.5</sub>.
Authors
- Ludovica Betti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-8764)
- Alexandro Paccapelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0816-802X)
- Elisa Manieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3150-7528)
- Matteo Rinaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6543-4000)
- Arianna Dondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-243X)
- Paolo Manzoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1340-3493)
- Giangiacomo Nicolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-4540)
- Marco Paglione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-2570)
- Giulia Piglia
- Carlotta Biagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9782-6313)
- Claudio Carbone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3025-8868)
- Daniele Zama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9895-5942)
- Marcello Lanari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-314X)
- C. Marchegiani Rizzolli
- E. Battelli
Institutions
- National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (IT)
- University of Padua (IT)
- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (IT)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Ospedale degli Infermi (IT)
- National Research Council (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.70077
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71