Association Between Long‑Term Exposure to Air Pollution and the Rate of Mortality After Hip Fracture Surgery in Patients Older Than 60 Years: Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan

Shu-Han Chuang   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Yi-Jie Kuo   ^{2, 3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Shu-Wei Huang   ⁴ , PhD ;   Han-Wei Zhang   ^{5, 6, 7, 8} , PhD ;   Hsiao-Ching Peng   ⁵ , MS ;   Yu-Pin Chen   ^{2, 3} , MD, PhD

¹ Division of General Practice, Department of Medical Education, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

² Department of Orthopedics, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan

³ Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

⁴ Department of Applied Science, National Taitung University, Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan

⁵ MetaTrial Research Center, Biomedica Corporation, New Taipei, Taiwan

⁶ Program for Aging, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁷ Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

⁸ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute of Electrical Control Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

*these authors contributed equally