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This work investigates the relation between cause-specific hospital admissions and sandstorms and air pollution in Taipei, Taiwan\u2019s capital.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Time-series analyses of asthma, pneumonia, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease hospital admissions were performed for Taipei. An eight-year time period (1995\u20132002) was considered for various indicators of sandstorms and the pollutants NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, CO, ozone, SO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>, and PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>. Pollution effects based on single-day lags of 0, 1, 2 and 3 days were explored, along with the average of the same day and previous three days (L03).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The risk of ischaemic heart disease admissions was associated with several sandstorm metrics, including indicators of high PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>levels in the Taipei area, indicators of high PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>at a monitor designed to measure background pollution, the PM coarse fraction, and the ratio of PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>to PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>. However, the lag structure of effect was not consistent across sandstorm indicators. Hospital admissions for this disease were 16\u201321% higher on sandstorm days compared to other days. This cause was also associated with transportation-related pollutants, NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, CO and PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>. Asthma admissions rose 4.48% (95% CI 0.71% to 8.38%) per 28 \u03bcg\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>increase in L03 PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>levels and 7.60% (95% CI 2.87% to 12.54%) per 10 ppb increase in L03 ozone. Cerebrovascular disease admissions were associated with PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>and CO, both at lag 3 days. SO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>exhibited no relation with admissions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Risk of hospital admissions in Taipei may be increased by air pollution and sandstorms. 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