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标题：Lower air temperature is associated with ambulance transports and death in Takamatsu area, Japan
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作者：Kazumi Dokai Mochimasu ; Nobuyuki Miyatake ; Naoko Tanaka 等
期刊名称：Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1342-078X
电子版ISSN：1347-4715
出版年度：2014
卷号：19
期号：4
页码：253-257
DOI：10.1007/s12199-014-0385-7
出版社：Springer Japan
摘要：Objective
The aim of this study was to investigate the linkage among ambulance transports, the number of death and air temperature in Takamatsu area, Japan.
Methods
Monthly data of ambulance transports (total and acute disease) and the number of death from 2004 to 2012 were obtained from Fire Department Service in Takamatsu and Takamatsu city official website, Japan. Climate parameters for required period were also obtained from Japan Meteorological Agency. Population data in Takamatsu area were also used to adjust ambulance transports and the number of death. The linkage among ambulance transports, the number of death and climate parameters was evaluated by ecological analysis.
Results
Total ambulance transports (/a hundred thousand people/day) and ambulance transports due to acute disease (/a hundred thousand people/day) were 12.3 ± 0.9 and 6.8 ± 0.7, respectively. The number of death (/a hundred thousand people/day) was 2.5 ± 0.4. By quadratic curve, ambulance transports due to acute disease and the number of death were significantly correlated with the parameters of air temperature. However, the number of death was the highest in January and the lowest in August.
Conclusion
Although higher air temperature was only associated with higher ambulance transports, lower air temperature was associated with both higher ambulance transports and the number death in Takamatsu area, Japan.
关键词：Air temperature; Ambulance transports; Acute disease; Quadratic curve;