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The Novel Relationship between Urban Air Pollution and Epilepsy: A Time Series Study.

Chen XuYan-Ni FanHai-Dong KanRen-Jie ChenJiang-Hong LiuYa-Fei LiYao ZhangAi-Ling JiTong-Jian Cai
Published in: PloS one (2016)
We discovered previously undocumented relationships between short-term air pollution exposure and epilepsy: while NO2 and SO2 were positively associated with outpatient-visits of epilepsy, O3 might be associated with reduced risk.
Keyphrases
  • air pollution
  • particulate matter
  • lung function
  • temporal lobe epilepsy
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease