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Dust storms and city air raise Nicosia hospital admissions
Same-day PM10 and lagged ozone increase hospital admissions in Nicosia, and dust-storm days add extra cardiovascular risk.
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What two pollutants did the Nicosia time-series relate to hospital admissions?
Daily PM10 and ozone (O3), including dust-storm days separately.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
What was the all-cause admission change per 10 μg/m³ same-day PM10?
A 0.85% increase (95% CI 0.55–1.15%).
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
How large was the lag-1 ozone effect on cardiovascular admissions?
2.91% higher per 10 ppb ozone the previous day.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
Did PM10 show an overall association with respiratory admissions?
No overall linear association was observed.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
What happened to admissions on 63 dust-storm days?
All-cause admissions were 4.8% higher; cardiovascular 10.4% higher (wide CI).
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
Did ozone effects disappear after adjusting for PM10?
No; they were independent or even strengthened.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
What European PM10 standard did Nicosia often exceed?
75 μg/m³, between 11 and 57 days a year.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
What was the urban PM10 interquartile range at Nicosia Central?
40.0–64.1 μg/m³ (range 5.0–1370.6).
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
When were PM10 effects on admissions stronger?
During the warm season (about 1.80% per 10 μg/m³), not the cold months.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
Why are dust-storm health warnings still tentative here?
There were few storm days, so inference is limited even though effects matched high-traffic PM10 days.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified
How many years of admissions and pollution were analyzed?
The 10-year period 1995–2004.
Source: A 10-year time-series analysis of respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity in Nicosia, Cyprus: the effect of short-term changes in air pollution and dust storms · DOI · quote verified