Association between atmospheric concentration of particulate matters and inpatient and outpatient visits for chronic respiratory diseases in Xiamen, China

Affiliations

• ¹ National Institute of Data Science for Health and Medicine, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
• ² Pulmonary Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ³ The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University Xinglin Branch, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ⁴ Xiamen Health and Medical Big Data Center, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ⁵ Xiamen Health Information Association, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ⁶ Epidemiology Research Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ⁷ Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ⁸ Xiamen Maternity and Child Care Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian 361000, China.
• ⁹ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.