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Observational studyPediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology2025

The influence of air pollutants on the risk of emergency department presentations of infants with bronchiolitis in an European air quality hotspot.

D Zama, A Paccapelo, L Betti, E Manieri, M Paglione, M Rinaldi, A Dondi, E Battelli, C Biagi, C Marchegiani Rizzolli and 5 more

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Observational study in Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The influence of air pollutants on the risk of emergency department presentations of infants with bronchiolitis in an European air quality hotspot.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

D ZamaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
A PaccapeloEpidemiology and Statistics, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
L BettiSpecialty School of Paediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8416-8764
E ManieriSpecialty School of Paediatrics, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
M PaglioneItalian National Research Council-Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Bologna, Italy.
M RinaldiItalian National Research Council-Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Bologna, Italy.
A DondiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
E BattelliPediatric Emergency Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
C BiagiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
C Marchegiani RizzolliPediatric Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
P ManzoniDepartment of Maternal-Infant Medicine, "Degli Infermi" Hospital, University of Torino School of Medicine, Ponderano, Biella, Italy.
G PigliaDepartment of Maternal-Infant Medicine, "Degli Infermi" Hospital, University of Torino School of Medicine, Ponderano, Biella, Italy.
G NicoliniUnità Operativa Complessa Pediatria, San Martino Hospital, Belluno, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-4540
M LanariDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
C CarboneItalian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Bologna, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants, and air pollutants represent a risk factor for its development. This work aims to investigate the role of air pollution, considering conventional and nonconventional indicators, in the development of bronchiolitis in three urban areas in the Po Valley, Northern Italy.

methodsThis multicentric, observational, retrospective, cohort study included infants under 12 months who were referred to the Pediatric Emergency Department of Bologna, Belluno, and Biella and diagnosed with bronchiolitis from 2016 to 2019. Data on daily ground-level mass concentrations of particulate matter (PM

resultsA total of 1316 patients were enrolled. All conventional air quality indicators (NO

conclusionThis study indicates that medium-term exposure to higher levels of air pollution increases the risk of the development of bronchiolitis. In particular, the best association results between bronchiolitis admissions and the exposure to the carbonaceous fraction of PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionBronchiolitisEmergency Service, HospitalEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornItalyMaleParticulate MatterRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsAir PollutantsParticulate Matterbronchiolitiscarbonaceous fractionschildrenhospitalizationinfantsoutdoor air pollutionparticulate matter

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PMID40171967
PMCPMC11963223

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