Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) authored "Lagged Influence of Fine Particulate Matter and Geographic Disparities on Clinic Visits for Children’s Asthma in Taiwan" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health to investigate the documented diagnosis of children’s asthma in clinic visits for children aged less than 15 years old that were associated with PM2.5 in two counties located in west-central Taiwan with a high density of industries during 2005–2010.  A significantly lagged effect up to 6 days was observed when PM2.5 increased from 36.17 cubic micrograms to 81.26 cubic micrograms. In addition, 47.83 percent of areas were identified to have children vulnerable to asthma. The findings in this research can be useful for forecasting children’s asthma clinic visits in the coming days, and can serve as a valuable reference for the implementation of an early warning to governmental agencies about susceptible populations.