Air Pollutant Concentrations Linked to Decreased Hospital Admissions
New research finds that reductions in air pollutant concentrations during the Covid-19 pandemic led to a 42% reduction in asthma hospital admissions within Oxford. The study analysed monthly hospital admissions for adults with a primary diagnosis of acute asthma, from the beginning of 2015 to the end of 2020. Hourly air pollutant concentrations of nitrogen … Continued