Effects of air pollution on children’s pulmonary health
Effects of air pollution on children’s pulmonary health
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空气污染对儿童肺部健康的影响
DOI：
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.033
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Jerina Resuli
中科院分区：
文献类型：
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作者：
A. Tabaku;G. Bejtja;S. Bala;E. Toçi;Jerina Resuli
引言：科学文献中出现了许多关于空气污染对儿童呼吸系统健康影响的报告。一些调查人员发现，在空气质量差的社区，持续性咳嗽和痰、支气管炎和早期呼吸道感染的发病率增加。这项调查的目的是比较居住在地拉那市城区儿童与居住在城市郊区儿童的肺功能。材料和方法：本研究于2004-2005年对238名城市儿童和72名郊区儿童进行了动态肺功能测定。采用问卷调查收集关于性别、当前呼吸道症状、医生诊断的过敏、父母教育和父母吸烟习惯、家中是否存在动物、合成地毯和霉菌的数据。学校的选择，包括在这项调查的儿童是通过随机方法。此外，我们还测量了典型的空气污染物。研究结果：比较两组儿童的肺功能值，我们发现差异显著（p 0.001），而比较症状是咳嗽（p 0.011）和痰（p 0.032）。颗粒物（PM10）和总悬浮物（TSP）的水平超过了建议的限值，而其他污染物的水平则在世界卫生组织（WHO）的建议水平范围内。结果表明，空气污染与儿童呼吸系统健康有关，城市儿童肺功能值较城市儿童略有下降，郊区。
INTRODUCTION: Many reports regarding the effects of air pollution on children’s respiratory health have appeared in the scientific literature. Some investigators found increases in persistent cough and phlegm, bronchitis, and early respiratory infections in communities with poor air quality. The purpose of this survey was to compare the pulmonary function of children living in urban area of Tirana city with children living in suburban area of the city. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This survey is carried out during 2004–2005 period on 238 children living in urban area and in 72 children living in suburban area, measuring dynamic pulmonary function. A questionnaire was used to collect data on sex, current respiratory symptoms, allergy diagnosed by the physician, parent education and smoking habit of parents, presence of animals, synthetic carpets and moulds in their houses. The selection of schools, and children included in this survey was done by randomized method. Also, we have measured and classic air pollutants. RESULTS: Comparing the results of values of pulmonary function of two groups of children, we have shown that differences were significant (p 0.001), whereas comparing symptoms were for cough (p 0.011) and for phlegm (p 0.032). The level of particulate matter (PM10) and total suspended matter (TSP) were over the recommended limit values, whereas the levels of other pollutants have resulted within recommended levels of World Health Organization (WHO) CONCLUSIONS: The results of this survey suggest that air pollution is associated with respiratory health of children causing a slight decrease in values of pulmonary function in children of urban area compared with those of suburban area.
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DOI：
10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9909096
发表时间：
2000-10
影响因子：
24.7
作者：
W. Gauderman;Rob M C Connell;F. Gilliland;Stephanie A. London;Duncan C. Thomas;E. Avol;Hita Vora;K. Berhane;E. Rappaport;F. Lurmann;H. Margolis;J. Peters;J. Gauderman
通讯作者：
W. Gauderman;Rob M C Connell;F. Gilliland;Stephanie A. London;Duncan C. Thomas;E. Avol;Hita Vora;K. Berhane;E. Rappaport;F. Lurmann;H. Margolis;J. Peters;J. Gauderman
影响因子：
158.5
作者：
Gauderman, WJ;Avol, E;Peters, J
通讯作者：
Peters, J
影响因子：
120.7
作者：
Pope, CA;Burnett, RT;Thurston, GD
通讯作者：
Thurston, GD
DOI：
10.1164/ajrccm.164.11.2102005
发表时间：
2001-12-01
影响因子：
24.7
作者：
Avol, EL;Gauderman, WJ;Peters, JM
通讯作者：
Peters, JM
影响因子：
10.4
作者：
Laden F;Neas LM;Dockery DW;Schwartz J
通讯作者：
Schwartz J