Short-term Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Emergency Department Visits for Asthma: An Assessment of Effect Modification by Prior Allergic Disease History

• Egile Nagusiak: Juhwan Noh (Egilea), Jungwoo Sohn (Egilea), Jaelim Cho (Egilea), Seong-Kyung Cho (Egilea), Yoon Jung Choi (Egilea), Changsoo Kim (Egilea), Dong Chun Shin (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives The goal of this study was to investigate the short-term effect of ambient air pollution on emergency department (ED) visits in Seoul for asthma according to patients' prior history of allergic diseases. Methods Data on ED visits from 2005 to 2009 were obtained from the Health Insura...