Extreme Cold Events and Pediatric Asthma Outpatient Visits: The Modifying Role of Ambient Carbon Monoxide and Sulfur Dioxide
Xing Gong, Li Wei, Yunshu Xu, Changdi Xu, Yi Zhang, Fengxia Sun, Man Tian, Liya Wang, Hengxue Wang, Ming Ge, Feng Liu, Lilin Xiong, Wei Pan · 2026
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Xing Gong and co-authors study, in 2026, whether air pollution changes how extreme cold affects asthma visits for children. Cold snaps may trigger breathing problems, but the role of co-occurring pollution was unclear. The team analyzed more than sixty-two thousand asthma visits at a children's hospital in Nanjing, China, over six years.
Cold events alone showed no clear link to visits. The picture changed on days with higher carbon monoxide or sulfur dioxide, where cold events tied to much higher visit rates over the following two weeks. Other pollutants did not show the same pattern. The authors argue cold warnings should consider air quality, not temperature alone.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xing Gong, Li Wei, Yunshu Xu, Changdi Xu, Yi Zhang, Fengxia Sun, Man Tian, Liya Wang, Hengxue Wang, Ming Ge, Feng Liu, Lilin Xiong, Wei Pan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |