Effects of Air Pollution on Lung Function and Symptoms of Asthma, Rhinitis and Eczema in Primary School Children
Author
Örnektekin, SerminAltuğ, Hicran
Gaga, Eftade Emine
Döğeroğlu, Tuncay
Özden, Özlem
Brunekreef, Bert
Meliefste, Kees
Hoek, Gerard
Van Doorn, Wim
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2013-09Language
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Health effects of ambient air pollution were studied in three groups of schoolchildren living in areas (suburban, urban and urban-traffic) with different air pollution levels in EskiAYehir, Turkey. This study involved 1,880 students aged between 9 and 13 years from 16 public primary schools. This two-season study was conducted from January 2008 through March 2009. Symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema were determined by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire in 2008. Two lung function tests were performed by each child for summer and winter seasons with simultaneous ambient air measurements of ozone (O-3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) by passive sampling. Effects of air pollution on impaired lung function and symptoms in schoolchildren were estimated by multivariate logistic regression analyses. Girls with impaired lung function (only for the summer season evaluation) were more observed in suburban and urban areas when compared to urban-traffic area ([odds ratio (OR) = 1.49; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.04-2.14] and [OR = 1.69 (95 % CI 1.06-2.71)] for suburban vs. urban-traffic and urban vs. urban-traffic, respectively). Significant association between ambient ozone concentrations and impaired lung function (for an increase of 10 mu g m(-3)) was found only for girls for the summer season evaluation [OR = 1.11 (95 % CI 1.03-1.19)]. No association was found for boys and for the winter season evaluation. No association was found between any of the measured air pollutants and symptoms of current wheeze, current rhinoconjunctivitis and current itchy rash. The results of this study showed that increasing ozone concentrations may cause a sub-acute impairment in lung function of school aged children.
Subject
Air Pollution
Ambient Ozone
Summer
Children
ISAAC
Lung Function
North-American Children
Peak Expiratory Flow
Long-Term Exposure
Respiratory Symptoms
Pulmonary-Function
Risk-Factors
Function Growth
Early-Childhood
Acid Aerosols
Hava Kirliliği
Ortam Ozonu
Yaz
Çocuklar
Akciğer Fonksiyonu
Kuzey Amerika Çocukları
Pik Ekspirasyon Akışı
Uzun Süreli Maruz Kalma
Solunum Yolu Semptomları
Pulmoner Fonksiyon
Risk Faktörleri
İşlev Büyümesi
Erken Çocukluk
Asit Aerosolleri
Ambient Ozone
Summer
Children
ISAAC
Lung Function
North-American Children
Peak Expiratory Flow
Long-Term Exposure
Respiratory Symptoms
Pulmonary-Function
Risk-Factors
Function Growth
Early-Childhood
Acid Aerosols
Hava Kirliliği
Ortam Ozonu
Yaz
Çocuklar
Akciğer Fonksiyonu
Kuzey Amerika Çocukları
Pik Ekspirasyon Akışı
Uzun Süreli Maruz Kalma
Solunum Yolu Semptomları
Pulmoner Fonksiyon
Risk Faktörleri
İşlev Büyümesi
Erken Çocukluk
Asit Aerosolleri
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