

VJPM
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Volume XXVI, Issue 12(185) 2016
Environmental exposure to particulate matter and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
Author: Tran Van Dinh, Le Thi Phuong Mai and Nguyen Thi Thi Tho
Summary:
Particulate matter (PM) is a complex mix of solid and liquid phase particles with a range of sizes, shapes, and chemical
compositions, coming from several sources. It is the principal component of indoor and outdoor air pollution. The
World Health Organization estimated that PM air pollution contributes to approximately 800,000 premature deaths
each year, ranking it the 13th leading cause of mortality worldwide. Adverse effects of PM exposure on health have
been reported. This work reviews the association between environmental exposure to PM and hospital admissions for
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and respiratory diseases. The results showed that while positive association between
PM exposure and the hospital admission for CVD and respiratory diseases at all-age group in many studies, many
studies could not find any association although the same methods were approached. Many confounding factors such
as the effects of other ambient air pollutants, temperature, quality of records, and the history of the diseases might
potentially affected the results of such studies resulted in the differences. Further epidemiological studies considering
these confounding factors need to be conducted to better understand the association between the nature of PM’s
composition and its concentrations in internal PM’s components, and CVD and respiratory diseases and hospital
admission due to these diseases
Keywords:
Particulate matter, hospital admission, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, environmental exposure
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