Association between weather, air quality and asthma-related emergency department visits: a retrospective time-series study in Singapore
PSI-ED association peaked on the same day of exposure but was no longer significant after adjusting for demographic and clinical factors. Pollution-linked festivals, transboundary haze and the Northeast monsoon were associated with increased asthma ED visits.
Authors
- Shao Wei Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-5858)
- Liesel Fong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0537-4832)
- Mariko Siyue Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1230-0129)
- Ming Ren Toh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-9743)
- Jun Tian Wu
- Ngiap Chuan Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5946-1149)
- Chian Min Loo
- Xiaoru Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3707-038X)
- David Bruce Matchar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3020-2108)
- Marcus Eng Hock Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-7612)
- Gerald Xuan Zhong Ng
- Aziz Sheikh
- Adam Quek Rop Fun
- Puan Youxin
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Singapore General Hospital (SG)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- SingHealth Polyclinics (SG)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108426
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00