Retrospective observational study of emergency department syndromic surveillance data during air pollution episodes across London and Paris in 2014.
Helen E HughesRoger MorbeyAnne FouilletCéline Caserio-SchönemannAlec DobneyThomas C HughesGillian E SmithAlex J ElliotPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
This work demonstrates the public health value of syndromic surveillance during air pollution incidents. There is potential for further cross-border harmonisation to provide Europe-wide early alerting to health impacts and improve future public health messaging to healthcare services to provide warning of increases in demand.
Keyphrases
- public health
- air pollution
- healthcare
- emergency department
- intellectual disability
- particulate matter
- lung function
- global health
- patient safety
- primary care
- electronic health record
- mental health
- cross sectional
- current status
- smoking cessation
- autism spectrum disorder
- data analysis
- quality improvement
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- health information
- deep learning