Short-Term Exposure to PM2.5 and Emergency Department Visits for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Anagh Kulkarni, Yohei Okada, Joel Aik, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Mariko Siyue Koh, Fintan Hughes, Tetsu Ohnuma, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Marcus Eng Hock Ong · 2026
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Anagh Kulkarni and co-authors study whether short spikes in fine air pollution drive emergency visits for asthma and chronic lung disease in Singapore. Fine particles are tied to heart and lung harm worldwide, yet emergency visit data from tropical Southeast Asia stay thin. Singapore's air sits near world guide levels, with haze episodes spiking through.
The team assembles a nationwide daily record across seven years. Emergency counts for asthma and chronic obstructive disease are set against daily particle levels. The design is a time-series sweep of the whole country, not a single hospital. Tropical sources, weather, and care access all differ from the temperate cities that fill the journals. Findings from this setting can test whether pollution rules written elsewhere fit equatorial cities.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anagh Kulkarni, Yohei Okada, Joel Aik, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Mariko Siyue Koh, Fintan Hughes, Tetsu Ohnuma, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Marcus Eng Hock Ong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |