Monitoring of the ambient air quality (PM10) in Skopje and evaluation of the health effects in 2010

Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 789-796

  Kochubovski, M ^a   Kendrovski, V ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health of FYR Macedonia   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Air quality; Particulate matter; Public health

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; SKOPJE;

EID: 84864198115     PISSN: 13115065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. WHO: Health21 the Health for All Policy Framework for the WHO European Region. Copenhagen, 1999, p. 68.
2. M. KOCHUBOVSKI, J. JANEVSKI, M. DIMOVSKA, P. SIMJANOSKJ, V. RISTOVA: Monitoring of the Ambient Air Quality in Skopje and Veles and Evaluation of the Health Effects in 1990-2006. J. of Environm. Protection and Ecology, 9(4), 743 (2008).
3. International Classification of Diseases. 10th revision, WHO, Geneva, 1992.
4. Decree on Limit Values of Levels and Types of Pollutants in Ambient Air and Alert Thresholds, the Deadline for Achieving Limit Values, the Margins of Tolerance of the Limit Value, Target Values and Long-term Goals. Official Gazette of the RM 50/05, 2009.
5. Law on Environment. Official Gazette of the RM 53/05; 81/05; 24/07; 159/08; 83/09; 48/10; 124/10.
6. Law on Ambient Air Quality. Official Gazette of the RM 67/04; 92/07; 35/10.
7. Tehnolab DOO Skopje: Preliminary Assessment Report of Air Quality. 2006; www.moepp. gov. mk/WBStorage/Files/Maked%20IIR.pdf (accessed on 09/11/2011).
8. M. ZOUMAKIS, M. PETRAKAKIS, P. KASSOMENOS, A. KELESSIS, N. BOURNIS, N. ZOUMAKIS, N. PAPADIKIS, F. VOSNIAKOS, M. STALIOPOULOU, G. EFSTATHIOU, Th. KOZYRAKI, M. KAPNISTI, D. PATRONAS: Human Discomfort Due to Environmental Conditions in Urban Thessaloniki, Greece. Part I. Air Quality Stress Levels. J. of Environm. Protection and Ecology, 12(2), 407 (2011).
9. J. SCHWARTZ, D. SLATER, T. V. LARSON, W. E. PIERSON, J. Q. KOENIG: Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Emergency Room Visits for Asthma in Seattle. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 147, 826 (1993).
10. M. LIPSETT, S. HURLEY, B. OSTRO: Air Pollution and Emergency Room Visits for Asthma in Santa Clara County, California. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105, 216 (1997).
11. 3). Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2004.
12. D. M. STIEB, M. SZYSZKOWICZ, B. H. ROWE, J. A. LEECH: Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Cardiac and Respiratory Conditions: A Multi-city Time-series Analysis. Environmental Health, 8, 25 (2009).
13. J. C. SLAUGHTER, E. KIM, L. SHEPPARD, J. H. SULLIVAN, T. V. LARSON, C. CLAIBORN: Association between Particulate Matter and Emergency Room Visits, Hospital Admissions and Mortality in Spokane, Washington. J. Expo Anal. Environ. Epidemiol., 15, 153 (2005).
14. M. AMANN: Baseline Emission Projections and Scope for Further Reductions in Europe up to 2020. Laxenburg, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2005.
15. M. KRZYZANOWSKI, B. KUNA-DIBBERT, J. SCHNEIDER: Health Effects of Transportrelated Air Pollution. Copenhagen, World Health Organization, 2005.