Decreased childhood asthma hospitalizations linked to hotter, drier climate with lower wind speed in drylands.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES International Journal of Environmental Health Research Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI:10.1080/09603123.2025.2453042

Klézio Silva Monte, Alexandre Cunha Costa, Huana Carolina Cândido Morais, Nirla Gomes Guedes, Clara Beatriz Costa da Beatriz, João Cruz Neto, José Erivelton de Souza Maciel Ferreira, Tahissa Frota Cavalcante, Rafaella Pessoa Moreira

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Abstract

Climate change poses a significant threat to human health. Long-term climate effects on childhood asthma hospitalizations depend on the population's geographic region. These effects in tropical drylands are not well understood. The objective of this study is to examine the long-term association between childhood asthma hospitalizations and the climate of a tropical dryland. The study covered 14 municipalities in the Brazilian semiarid. Monthly trends in hospitalizations and climatic variables were calculated. A generalized additive model analyzed the association between these trends, and the Mann-Kendall test determined if trends were increasing, decreasing, or not significant. Thirteen municipalities showed a significant link between hospitalizations and climate variables, especially wind speed, maximum temperature, and humidity. Overall, hospitalizations decreased, correlating with decreasing wind speed and humidity, and increasing temperature. However, no discernable pattern was found between hospitalizations and precipitation. The study emphasizes the need for climate-health analysis to manage childhood asthma amid climate change.

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减少儿童哮喘住院治疗与干旱地区更热、更干燥的气候和更低的风速有关。

气候变化对人类健康构成重大威胁。气候对儿童哮喘住院的长期影响取决于人口的地理区域。这些对热带旱地的影响尚不清楚。本研究的目的是研究儿童哮喘住院治疗与热带旱地气候之间的长期关系。这项研究覆盖了巴西半干旱地区的14个城市。计算了住院率和气候变量的每月趋势。广义加性模型分析了这些趋势之间的关联，Mann-Kendall检验确定了趋势是增加、减少还是不显著。13个城市显示住院与气候变量，特别是风速、最高温度和湿度之间存在显著联系。总体而言，住院率下降，这与风速和湿度降低以及温度升高有关。然而，在住院和降水之间没有发现明显的模式。该研究强调了气候健康分析的必要性，以便在气候变化中管理儿童哮喘。

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International Journal of Environmental Health Research 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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6.70

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3.10%

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134

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Environmental Health Research ( IJEHR ) is devoted to the rapid publication of research in environmental health, acting as a link between the diverse research communities and practitioners in environmental health. Published articles encompass original research papers, technical notes and review articles. IJEHR publishes articles on all aspects of the interaction between the environment and human health. This interaction can broadly be divided into three areas: the natural environment and health – health implications and monitoring of air, water and soil pollutants and pollution and health improvements and air, water and soil quality standards; the built environment and health – occupational health and safety, exposure limits, monitoring and control of pollutants in the workplace, and standards of health; and communicable diseases – disease spread, control and prevention, food hygiene and control, and health aspects of rodents and insects. IJEHR is published in association with the International Federation of Environmental Health and includes news from the Federation of international meetings, courses and environmental health issues.