Correlations between ambient air pollution and the prevalence of hospitalisations and emergency room visits for respiratory diseases in children: a systematic review.

Aline Priscila de SouzaCarla Cristina Souza GomezMaria Angela Gonçalves de Oliveira RibeiroPaula Dornhofer Paro CostaJosé Dirceu Ribeiro

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2024)

Our findings emphasise the importance and urgency of long-term control of air pollution and pollution-related diseases, especially among children and adolescents. There is a need for further research employing more homogeneous methodologies for assessing exposure and outcome measurements, in order to enable systematic reviews with meta-analysis.

Keyphrases

air pollution
particulate matter
systematic review
meta analyses
lung function
emergency department
heavy metals
young adults
healthcare
risk factors
risk assessment
randomized controlled trial
human health
cystic fibrosis
climate change
drug induced