Effects of Asian Dust Storm Events on Hospital Admissions for Congestive Heart Failure in Taipei, Taiwan

REFERENCES

• Bateson , T.F. and Schwartz , J. 1999 . Control for seasonal variation and time trend in case-crossover studies of acute effects of environmental exposures . Epidemiology , 10 : 539 – 544 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bureau of National Health Insurance . 2001 . National Health Insurance annual statistical report , Taipei : BNHI .
   Google Scholar
• Burnett , R. T. , Dales , R. E. , Brook , J. R. , Raizenne , M. E. and Krewski , D. 1997 . Association between ambient carbon monoxide levels and hospitalizations for congestive heart failure in the elderly in 10 Canadian cities . Epidemiology , 9 : 162 – 167 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burnett , R. T. , Smith-Doiron , M. , Stieb , D. , Cakmak , S. and Brook , J. R. 1999 . “ Effects of particulate and gaseous air pollution on cardiorespiratory hospitalizations ” . In Arch. Environ. Health Vol. 54 , 130 – 139 .
   Google Scholar
• Chan , C. C. 2002 . Adverse health effects of China sandstorms in Taipei, 2002 , Taipei : Environmental Protection Administration. [EPA-91-FA11-03-D036] .
   Google Scholar
• Chang , C. C. , Lee , I. M. , Tsai , S. S. and Yang , C. Y. 2006 . Correlation of Asian dust storm events with daily clinic visits for allergic rhinitis in Taipei, Taiwan . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 69 : 229 – 235 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen , Y. S. and Yang , C. Y. 2005 . Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in Taipei, Taiwan . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 68 : 1457 – 1464 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen , Y. S. , Sheen , P. C. , Chen , E. R. , Liu , Y. K. , Wu , T. N. and Yang , C. Y. 2004 . Effects of Asian dust events on daily mortality in Taipei, Taiwan . Environ. Res. , 95 : 151 – 155 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chiu , H. F. , Tiao , M. M. , Ho , S. C. , Kuo , H. W. , Wu , T. N. and Yang , C. Y. 2008 . Effects of Asian dust storm events on hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Taipei, Taiwan . Inhal. Toxicol , 20 : 777 – 781 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chou , C. C. K. , Lin , C. Y. , Hsu , S. C. , Lung , S. C. , Chen , T. K. , Liu , S. C. and Young , C. Y. 2004 . Influence of long-range transport dust particles on local air quality: A case study on Asian dust episodes in Taipei during the spring of 2002 . Terrestrial Atmos. Ocean Sci , 15 : 881 – 899 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dockery , D. W. and Pope , C. A. I II. 1994 . Acute respiratory effects of particulate air pollution . Annu. Rev. Public Health , 15 : 107 – 132 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dominici , F. , McDermott , A. , Daniels , M. , Zeger , S. L. and Samet , J. M. 2005 . Revised analyses of the national morbidity, mortality, and air pollution study: Mortality among residents of 90 cities . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 68 : 1071 – 1092 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Environmental Protection Administration . 2001 . Proceedings of Asian dust-storm events and their impact on the air quality of Taiwan , Taipei : Environmental Protection Administration .
   Google Scholar
• Husar , R. B. , Tratt , D. B. , Schichtel , B. A. , Falke , S. R. , Li , F. , Jaffe , D. , Gasso , S. , Gillt , T. , Laulainen , N. S. , Lu , F. , Reheis , M. C. , Chun , Y. , Westphal , D. , Holben , B. N. , Gueymard , C. , McKendry , I. , Kuring , N. , Feldman , G. C. , McClain , C. , Frouin , R. J. , Merrill , J. , Dubois , D. , Vignola , F. , Murayama , T. , Nickovic , S. , Wilson , W. E. , Sassen , K. , Sugimoto , N. and Malm , W. C. 2001 . Asian dust events of April 1998 . J. Geophys. Res , 106 : 18316 – 18330 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Katsouyanni , K. , Touloumi , G. , Spix , C. , Schwartz , J. , Balducci , F. , Medina , S. , Rossi , G. , Wojtyniak , B. , Sunyer , J. , Bacharova , L. , Schouten , J.P. , Ponka , A. and Anderson , H. R. 1997 . Short term effects of ambient sulphur dioxide and particulate matter on mortality in 12 European cities: Results from time series data from the APHEA project . Br. Med. J. , 314 : 1658 – 1663 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koken , P. J. M. , Piver , W. T. , Elixhauser , A. , Olsen , L. M. and Portier , C. J. 2003 . Temperature, air pollution, and hospitalization for cardiovascular diseases among elderly people in Denver . Environ. Health Perspect , 111 : 1312 – 1317 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krewski , D. , Burnett , R. , Jerrett , M. , Pope , C. A. , Rainham , D. , Calle , E. , Thurston , G. and Thun , M. 2005 . Mortality and long-term exposure to ambient air pollution: Ongoing analyses based on the American cancer society cohort . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 68 : 1093 – 1109 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kwon , H. J. , Cho , S. H. , Chun , Y. , Lagarde , F. and Pershagen , G. 2002 . Effects of the Asian dust events on daily mortality in Seoul, Korea . Environ. Res , 90 : 1 – 5 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lin , C. Y. , Liu , S. C. , Chou , C. C. K. , Huang , A. J. , Liu , C. M. and Young , C. Y. 2005 . Long-range transport of aerosols and their impact on the air quality of Taiwan . Atmos. Environ. , 39 : 6066 – 6076 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Linn , W. S. , Szlachcic , Y. , Gong , J. H. , Kinney , P. L. and Berhane , K. T. 2000 . Air pollution and daily hospital admissions in metropolitan Los Angeles . Environ. Health Perspect , 108 : 427 – 434 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Metzger , K. B. , Tolbert , P. E. , Klein , M. , Peel , J. L. , Flanders , W. D. , Todd , K. , Mulholland , J. A. , Ryan , P. B. and Frumkin , H. 2004 . Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular emergency department visits . Epidemiology , 15 : 46 – 56 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller , F. J. , Gardner , D. E. , Graham , J. A. , Lee , R. E. and Bachmann , J. D. 1979 . Size considerations for establishing a standard for inhalable particles . J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc , 29 : 610 – 615 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morris , R. D. and Naumova , E. N. 1998 . Carbon monoxide and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure: Evidence of an increased effect at low temperature . Environ. Health Perspect. , 106 : 649 – 653 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Neill , M. S , Kinney , P. L. and Cohen , A. J. 2008 . Environmental equity in air quality management: Local and international implications for human health and climate change . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 71 : 570 – 577 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ostro , B. D. , Hurley , S. and Lipsett , M. J. 1999 . Air pollution and daily mortality in the Coachella Valley, California: A study of PM10 dominated by coarse particles . Environ. Res. , 81 : 231 – 238 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schwartz , J. and Morris , R. 1995 . Air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease in Detroit, Michigan . Am. J. Epidemiol , 142 : 23 – 35 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schwartz , J. , Norris , G. , Larson , T. , Sheppard , L. , Claiborne , C. and Koenig , J. 1999 . Episodes of high coarse particle concentrations are not associated with increased mortality . Environ. Health Perspect , 107 : 339 – 342 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wellenius , G. A. , Bateson , T. F. , Mittleman , M. A. and Schwartz , J. 2005 . Particulate air pollution and the rate of hospitalization for congestive heart failure among medicare beneficiaries in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Am. J. Epidemiol , 161 : 1030 – 1036 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wellenius , G. A. , Schwartz , J. and Mittleman , M. A. 2006 . Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure in seven United States cities . Am. J. Cardiol , 97 : 404 – 408 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wong , T. W. , Lau , T. S. , Yu , T. S. , Neller , A. , Wong , S. L. , Tam , W. and Pang , S. W. 1999 . Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong . Occup. Environ. Med , 56 : 679 – 683 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang , C. Y. 2006 . Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily clinic visits for conjunctivitis in Taipei, Taiwan . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 69 : 1673 – 1680 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang , C. Y. 2008 . Air pollution and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure in a subtropical city: Taipei, Taiwan . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 71 : 1085 – 1090 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang , C. Y. , Tsai , S. S. , Chang , C. C. and Ho , S. C. 2005a . Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily admissions for asthma in Taipei, Taiwan . Inhal. Toxicol , 7 : 817 – 821 .
   Google Scholar
• Yang , C. Y. , Chen , Y. S. , Chiu , H. F. and Goggins , W. B. 2005b . Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily stroke admissions in Taipei, Taiwan . Environ. Res. , 99 : 79 – 84 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang , W. , Jennison , B. L. and Omaye , S. T. 1998 . Cardiovascular disease hospitalization and ambient levels of carbon monoxide . J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A , 55 : 185 – 196 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar