Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter 2.5 and Ozone and the Risk of Acute Respiratory Infections: Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study

Xiaolei Duan   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Xiao Yu   ^{2 *} , MSc ;   Hongyu Liang   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Zexuan Wen   ^{1, 3} , BSc ;   Wenyong Zhou   ^{1, 3} , BSc ;   Ying Ma   ³ , BSc ;   Weibing Wang   ^{1, 3, 4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Yaxu Zheng   ² , PhD ;   Huanyu Wu   ⁷ , MSc

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

² Institute for Surveillance and Early Warning, Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control Prevention, Shanghai, China

³ Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁴ Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁵ Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁶ IRDR-ICoE on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁷ Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China

*these authors contributed equally