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Air pollution has become a threat to human health in urban settlements, ultimately leading to negative impacts on overall economic system as well. Already developed nations and still developing countries both are at the risk of air pollution globally. In this scenario, this work aims to investigate the associations of asthma (AS) and acute upper respiratory infection (ARI) patients with satellite-based aerosol optical depth (AOD) and meteorological factors, i.e., relative humidity (RH), temperature (TEMP), and wind speed (WS). We applied second-generation unit root tests to provide empirical evidence. Two sets of unit root tests confirmed mix order of integration, and the other Westerlund co-integration test further showed strong linkages between estimated variables. Fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) and dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) tests were applied, only to explore that TEMP and WS lower the number of AS and ARI patients, but RH and AOD increase the number of patients. Therefore, in accordance with these findings, our study provides some important policy instruments to improve the health status in megacities of Pakistan.
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Usman Mehmood conducted the analysis and wrote the manuscript. Ayesha Azhar wrote manuscript. Fazzal Gayyum made maps and wrote description. Hassan wrote the manuscript. Salman Tariq wrote manuscript. Zia ul Haq supervised the work.
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Mehmood, U., Azhar, A., Qayyum, F. et al. Air pollution and hospitalization in megacities: empirical evidence from Pakistan. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 51384–51390 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14158-0
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