Association between indoor and outdoor air pollution and adolescent asthma from 1995 to 1996 in Taiwan

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-247

  Wang, Tsu Nai ^a   Ko, Ying Chin ^a   Chao, Yu Ying ^a   Huang, Chi Chih ^a   Lin, Ruey Shiung ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Environmental tobacco smoke; Indoor; Outdoor

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032835820     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.3985     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Abramson M. J., Marks G. B., Pattemore P. K. Are non-allergenic environmental factors important in asthma? Med. J. Australia. 163:1995;542-545.
2. Bauer M. A., Utell M. J., Morrow P. E., Speers D. M., Gibb F. R. Inhalation of 0.3 ppm nitrogen dioxide potentiates exercise-induced bronchospasm in asthmatics. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 134:1986;1203-1208.
3. Braun-Fahrlander C., Vuille J. C., Sennhauser F. H., Neu U., Kunzle T., Grize L., Minder G. C., Schinder C., Varonier H. S., Wuthrich B. Respiratory health and long term exposure to air pollutants in Swiss schoolchildren. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 155:1997;1042-1049.
4. Chang Y. C., Hsieh K. H. The study of house dust mites in Taiwan. Ann. Allergy. 62:1989;101-106.
5. Chinn S., Rona R. J. Quantifying health aspects of passive smoking in British children aged 5-11 years. J. Epidemiol. Community Health. 45:1991;188-194.
6. Chitano P., Hosselet J. J., Mapp C. E., Fabbri L. M. Effect of oxidant air pollutants on the respiratory system; insight from experimental animal research. Eur. Respir. J. 8:1995;1357-1371.
7. Cunningham J., O'Connor G. T., Dockery D. W., Speizer F. E. Environmental tobacco smoke, wheezing and asthma in 24 communities. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care. Med. 153:1996;218-224.
8. Dales R. E., Zwanenburg H., Burnett R., Franklin C. A. Respiratory health effects of home dampness and moulds among Canadian children. Am. J. Epidemiol. 134:1991;196-203.
9. Dockery D. W., Scewartz J., Spengler J. D. Air pollution and daily mortality: Associations with particulates and acid aerosols. Environ. Res. 9:1992;362-373.
10. Duhme H., Weiland S. K., Rudolph P., Wienke A., Kramer A., Keil U. Asthma and allergies among children in West and East Germany: A comparison between Munster and Greifswald, using the ISAAC phase I protocal. Eur. Respir. J. 11:1998;840-847.
11. Evans R., Webb K., Homan S., Ayres S. M. Cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in pulmonary function associated with automobile pollution among bridge and tunnel officers. Am. J. Int. Med. 14:1988;25-36.
12. Folkerts G., Busse W. W., Nijkamp F. P. Virus induced airway hyperresponsiveness and asthma. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care. Med. 157:1998;1708-1720.
13. Forastiere F., Corbo G. M., Michelozzi P., Pistelli R., Agabiti N., Brancato G., Ciappi G., Perucci C. A. Effects of environment and passive smoking on the respiratory health of children. Int. J. Epidemiol. 21:1992;66-73.
14. Foster W. M., Costa D. L., Langenback E. G. Ozone exposure alters tracheobronchial mucociliary function in human. Am. J. Physiol. 63:1987;996-1002.
15. Hazucha M. J. Relationship between ozone exposure and pulmonary function changes. J. Appl. Physiol. 62:1987;1671-1680.
16. Holgate S. T. Asthma genetics: Waiting to exhale. Nature Genet. 15:1997;227-229.
17. Hosein H. R., Corey P., Robertson J. M. The effect of domestic factors on respiratory symptoms and FEV. Int. J. Epidemiol. 18:1989;390-396.
18. Kaplan B. A., Mascie-Taylor C. G. N. Asthma and wheezy bronchitis in adolescents: Biosocial correlates. J. Asthma. 25:1988;125-129.
19. Keil U., Weiland S. K. International asthma and allergy study. Lancet. 340:1992;46.
20. Ko Y. C. Air pollution and its health effects on residents in Taiwanese communities. Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. 12:1996;657-669.
21. Lebowitz M. D., Collins L., Holberg C. J. Time series analysis of respiratory response to indoor and outdoor environmental phenomena. Environ. Res. 43:1987;332-341.
22. Lin J. M., Yao Y. H. Formaldehyde in conventional homes in Taiwan. Environ. Int. 19:1993;561-568.
23. Neas L. M., Dockery D. W., Koutrakis P. The association of ambient air pollution with twice daily peak expiratory flow rate measurements in children. Am. J. Epidemiol. 141:1995;111-122.
24. Newman-Taylor A. Environmental determinants of asthma. Lancet. 345:1995;296-299.
25. Pearce N., Weiland S., Keil U., Langridge P., Anderson H. R., Strachan D., Bauman A., Young A., Gluyas P., Ruffin D., Crane J., Beasley R. Self-reported prevalence of asthma symptom in children in Australia, England, Germany and New Zealand: An international comparison using the ISAAC protocol. Eur. Respir. J. 6:1993;1455-1461.
26. Peat J. K., Tovey E., Toelle B. G., Haby M. M., Gray E. J., Mahmic A., Woolcock A. J. House dust mite allergens: A major risk factor for childhood asthma in Australia. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care. Med. 153:1996;141-146.
27. Samet J. M., Marbury M. C., Spengler J. D. Health effects and sources and of indoor air pollution, Part I. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 136:1987;1486-1508.
28. Sandford A., Weir T., Pare P. The genetics of asthma. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 153:1996;1749-1765.
29. 2 in eight areas of Switzerland. The SAPALDIA team. Swiss study of Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults. Epidemiology. 9:1998;405-411.
30. Schwartz J. Lung function and chronic exposure to air pollution: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES II. Environ. Res. 50:1989;309-321.
31. Shaw R. A., Crane J., Pearce N., Burgess C. D., Bremner P., Woodman K., Beasley R. Comparison of a video questionnaire with the IUATLD written questionnaire for measurement asthma prevalence. Clin. Exp. Allergy. 22:1992;561-568.
32. Sherman C. B., Tosteson T. D., Tager I. B., Speizer F. E., Weiss S. T. Early childhood predictors of asthma. Am. J. Epidemiol. 132:1990;83-95.
33. Shimoda T., Kohno S., Takao A., Fujiwara C., Matsuse H., Sakai H., Watanabe T., Hara K., Asai S. Investigation of the mechanism of alcohol-induced bronchial asthma. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 97:1996;74-84.
34. Stoddard J. J., Miller T. Impact of parental smoking on the prevalence of wheezing respiratory illness in children. Am. J. Epidemiol. 141:1995;96-102.
35. Lancet. 351:1998;1225-1232.
36. von Mutius E., Sherrill D. L., Fritzsch C., Martinez F. D., Lebowitz M. D. Air pollution and upper respiratory symptoms in children from East Germany. Eur. Respir. J. 8:1995;723-728.
37. Woods R. K., Weiner J., Abramson M., Thien F., Walter E. H. Patients perceptions of food-induced asthma. Australian N. Zealand J. Med. 26:1996;504-512.