Neighborhood environmental factors linked to hospitalizations of older people for viral lower respiratory tract infections in Spain: a case-crossover study

• Main Authors: Alejandro Álvaro-Meca (Author), Daniel Sepúlveda-Crespo (Author), Rosa Resino (Author), Pablo Ryan (Author), Isidoro Martínez (Author), Salvador Resino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lower respiratory tract viral infection (LRTI) is a significant cause of morbidity-mortality in older people worldwide. We analyzed the association between short-term exposure to environmental factors (climatic factors and outdoor air pollution) and hospital admissions with a vir...