单位：[1]Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China[2]School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia[3]Center for Disease Surveillance & Research, Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing 102206, China[4]Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia[5]Navy General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100048, China
Background: It is well documented that suboptimal ambient temperature is associated with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. However, no study has examined the relation between temperature and dog bites. Objectives: To study the association between ambient temperature and daily hospital emergency department visits due to dog bites (EDVDBs) in Beijing, China; and to explore whether the temperature-EDVDB association varies by sex and age. Methods: Daily EDVDBs were collected from a hospital appointed for dog bites in Beijing during 2012-2014. A quasi-Poisson regression with distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) was employed to estimate the impact of temperature on daily EDVDBs. Stratified analysis was performed to examine the temperature-EDVDB association by sex and age-groups. Sensitivity analysis was performed to check the robustness of the results by adjusting other meteorological variables and air pollutants. Results: A total of 42,481 EDVDBs were collected, with daily cases ranged from 15 to 71. The association between temperature and EDVDBs was U-shaped, with extreme cold temperature showing a weaker, delayed and shorter effect on the risk of dog bites while the effect of extreme hot temperature being stronger, more immediate and lasting longer. Cold temperature had a greater impact on female whereas male was more sensitive to hot temperature. The temperature-EDVDB association was unapparent in the 15-21 years group. The cold effect was only significant in the 0-14 years group whereas all age-groups suffered from the similar heat effect except those aged 22-45 years. Adjusting other meteorological variables and air pollutants did not change the results. Conclusions: The impact of temperature on EDVDBs is U-shaped in Beijing, China which varies by sex and age. The temperature effect is independent from other meteorological variables and air pollutants. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.
基金：
Career Development Fellowship of Australian National Health and Medical Research CouncilNational Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1107107]
第一作者单位：[1]Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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通讯机构：[2]School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia[4]Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia[5]Navy General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100048, China[*1]Navy General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.[*2]Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University,Melbourne 3004, Australia.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Zhang Yongming,Zhao Qi,Zhang Wenyi,et al.Are hospital emergency department visits due to dog bites associated with ambient temperature? A time-series study in Beijing, China[J].SCIENCE of the TOTAL ENVIRONMENT.2017,598:71-76.doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.112.
APA：
Zhang, Yongming,Zhao, Qi,Zhang, Wenyi,Li, Shanshan,Chen, Gongbo...&Guo, Yuming.(2017).Are hospital emergency department visits due to dog bites associated with ambient temperature? A time-series study in Beijing, China.SCIENCE of the TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,598,
MLA：
Zhang, Yongming,et al."Are hospital emergency department visits due to dog bites associated with ambient temperature? A time-series study in Beijing, China".SCIENCE of the TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 598.(2017):71-76
环境科学与生态学