Attia Publishes New Findings on Air Pollution’s Effects on Pneumonia
Posted: 7/28/2023 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Engi Attia co-authored a recent article in CHEST entitled “What Can Big Data Teach Us About Air Pollution and Pneumonia?” that provides confirmatory evidence that higher pollutant concentrations are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia hospitalization. Although the link between air pollution and lower respiratory tract infections is not a novel finding, most prior epidemiologic studies have focused on short-term pollutant exposures in the days or week before disease manifestation. Fewer studies have examined the chronic effects of pollutant exposure, in part because of the lack of cohorts with adequate data and sufficient statistical power to study this risk factor for a relatively rare outcome. Wonderful work, Dr. Attia!