Environments, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(5), P. 162 - 162

Published: May 14, 2025

Even at historically low levels of air pollution, epidemiological time series studies carried out in cities across the globe have documented its substantial detrimental health effects. A analysis counts respiratory hospital admissions Gjakova and outdoor pollutants was performed, applying a General Additive Model with Poisson distribution, controlling for trends meteorological factors over 4-year period (2020–2023) different lags (0–7 days). The effects were further analyzed per age group (children adults). We found significant associations between gaseous pollutants, mainly NO2, disease-related city. strongest association NO2 total observed after lag 6 days, an increase 0.14 cases 10 μg/m3 concentration. stronger adults. An adverse effect also seen SO2, but not particulate pollution. Our findings call greater awareness regarding environmental protection implementation effective measures to improve quality, which may reduce risk

Language: Английский