Short-term effects of air pollution on respiratory morbidity at Rio de Janeiro - Part II: Health assessment

Environment International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Sousa, S I V ^a   Pires, J C M ^a   Martins, E M ^b   Fortes, J D N ^b   Alvim Ferraz, M C M ^a   Martins, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Elderly; Emergency hospital admissions; Generalised additive models

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RATING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADDITIVE MODELS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CENTRAL HOSPITALS; CHILDREN; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; ELDERLY; EXCESS RELATIVE RISKS; HEALTH ASSESSMENTS; HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LONG-TERM TREND; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY MORBIDITY; SEASONALITY; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD HEALTH; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84858711861     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Arbex M.A., Conceicão G.M.S., Cendon S.P., Arbex F.F., Lopes A.C., Moysés E.P., et al. Urban air pollution and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related emergency department visits. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2009, 63:777-783.
2. Atkinson R.W., Anderson H.R., Strachan D.P., Bland J.M., Bremner S.A., Leon A.P. Short-term associations between outdoor air pollution and visits to accident and emergency departments in London for respiratory complaints. Eur Respir J 1999, 13:257-265.
3. Atkinson R.W., Anderson H.R., Sunyer J., Ayres J., Baccini M., Vonk J.M., et al. Acute effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory admissions: results from APHEA 2 project. Air pollution and health: a European approach. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001, 164:1860-1866.
4. Barnett A.G., Williams G.M., Schwartz J., Neller A.H., Best T.L., Petroeschevsky A.L., et al. Air pollution and child respiratory health: a case-crossover study in Australia and New Zealand. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005, 171:1272-1278.
5. Castro H.A., Cunha M.F., Mendonça G.A.S., Junger W.L., Cunha-Cruz J., Leon A.P. Effect of air pollution on lung function in schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rev. Saúde Pública 2009, 43:1-8.
6. Chen C.H., Xirasagar S., Lin H.C. Seasonality in adult asthma admissions, air pollutant levels, and climate: a population-based study. J Asthma 2006, 43:287-292.
7. Conceição G.M.S., Miraglia S.G.E.K., Kishi H.S., Saldiva P.H.N., Singer J. Air pollution and child mortality: a time-series study in São Paulo, Brazil 2001.
8. DATASUS accessed in February 2010. http://www.datasus.gov.br.
9. EEA Europe's environment - the fourth assessment 2007, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen.
10. Gionannini M., Sala M., Riva E., Radaelli G. Hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in children and outdoor air pollution in Southwest Milan, Italy. Acta pediatr 2010, 99:1180-1185.
11. Godish T. Air quality 2004, CRC Press, London. 4th ed.
12. Gouveia N., Mendonça G.A.S., Leon A.P., Correia J.E.M., Junger W.L., Freitas C.U., et al. Air pollution and health effects in two Brazilian metropolis. Epidemiol e Serviços Saúde 2003, 12:29-40.
13. Gouveia N., Freitas C.U., Martins L.C., Marcilio I.O. Respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations associated with air pollution in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Cad. Saúde Pública 2006, 22:2669-2677.
14. Halonen J., Lanki T., Yli-Tuomi T., Kulmala M., Tiittanen P., Pekkanen J. Urban air pollution and asthma and COPD hospital emergency room visit. Thorax 2008, 63:635-641.
15. Health Effects Institute (HEI) Health effects of outdoor air pollution in developing countries of Asia: a literature review 2006, Health Effects Institute, Boston.
16. Ignotti E., Valente J.G., Longo K.M., Freitas S.R., Hacon S.S., Netto P.A. Impact on human health of particulate matter emitted from burnings in the Brazilian Amazon region. Rev Saude Publica 2010, 44:121-130.
17. Ion-Nedelcu N., Nitescu M., Caian M., Bacruban R., Ceauşu E. Effect of air pollution upon the hospitalization for acute lower respiratory tract infections among the Bucharest municipality's residents. Bacteriol Virusol Parazitol Epidemiol 2008, 53:117-120.
18. Kan H., Wong C.-M., Vichit-Vadakan N., Qian Z., the PAPA Project Teams Short-term association between sulphur dioxide and daily mortality: the Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) study. Environ Res 2010, 110:258-264.
19. Kowalska M., Hubicki L., Zejda J.E., Ośródka L., Krajny E., Wojtylak M. Effect of ambient air pollution on daily mortality in Katowice conurbation, Poland. Pol J Environ Stud 2007, 16:227-232.
20. Luginaah I.N., Fung K.Y., Gorey K.M., Webster G., Wills C. Association of ambient air pollution with respiratory hospitalization in a government-designated "area of concern": the case of Windsor, Ontario. Environ Health Perspect 2005, 113:290-296.
21. Martins L.C., Latorre M.R.D.O., Cardoso M.R.A., Gonçalves F.L.T., Saldiva P.H.N., Braga L.F. Air pollution and emergency room visits due to pneumonia and influenza in São Paulo, Brazil. Rev Saude Publica 2002, 36:88-94.
22. Mascarenhas M.D.M., Vieira L.C., Lanzieri T.M., Leal A.P.P.R., Duarte A.F., Hatch D.L. Anthropogenic air pollution and respiratory disease-related emergency room visits in Rio Branco, Brazil - September, 2005. J Bras Pneumol 2008, 34:42-46.
23. Maynard R.L., Waller R. Carbon monoxide. Air pollution and health 1999, 749-796. Academic Press, London. S.T. Holgate, J.M. Samet, H.S. Koren, R.L. Maynard (Eds.).
24. McCullagh P., Nelder J.A. Generalized linear models 1986, Chapman and Hall, London. second ed.
25. Moura M., Junger W.L., Mendonça G.A.S., Leon A.P. Air quality and emergency pediatric care for symptoms of bronchial obstruction categorized by age bracket in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cad Saude Publica 2009, 25:635-644.
26. Pascal L. Effets à court terme de la pollution atmosphérique sur la mortalité. Rev Fr Allergol 2009, 49:466-476.
27. Patel M.M., Quinn J.W., Jung K.H., Hoepner L., Diaz D., Perzanowski M., et al. Traffic density and stationary sources of air pollution associated with wheeze, asthma, and immunoglobulin E from birth to age 5years among New York City children. Environ Res 2011, 10.1016/j.envres.2011.08.004.
28. Peng R.D., Dominici F. Statistical methods for environmental epidemiology with R - a case study in air pollution and health 2008, 69-93. Springer, New York.
29. Priftis K.N., Anthracopoulos M.B., Paliatsos A.G., Tzavelas G., Nikolaou-Papana-giotou A., Douridas P., et al. Different effects of urban and rural environments in the respiratory status of Greek schoolchildren. Respir Med 2007, 101:98-106.
30. R Development Core Team R: a language and environment for statistical computing 2011, R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. http://www.R-project.org/.
31. Rios J.L.M., Boechat J.L., Sant'Anna C.C., França A.T. Atmospheric pollution and the prevalence of asthma: study among schoolchildren of 2 areas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ann. Allerg. Asthma Im. 2004, 92:629-634.
32. Rosa A.M., Ignotti E., Hacon S.S., Castro H.A. Analysis of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Tangará da Serra, Brazil. J Bras Pneumol 2008, 34:575-582.
33. Samoli E., Nastos P.T., Paliatsos A.G., Katsouyanni K., Priftis K.N. Acute effects of air pollution on pediatric asthma exacerbation: evidence of association and effect modification. Environ Res 2011, 111:418-424.
34. Schwartz J. Air pollution and children's health. Pediatrics 2004, 113:1037-1043.
35. Sousa SIV, Pires JCM, Fortes JDN, Martins EM, Martins FG, Alvim-Ferraz MCM. Short-term effects of air pollution on respiratory morbidity at Rio de Janeiro - PART I: Air Pollution Assessment. Environ Int in press. doi:. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2012.01.005.
36. WHO Air quality guidelines for Europe 2000, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Series, No 91. 2nd edition.
37. WHO Air quality guidelines - global update 2005 2006, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.