Environmental exposure as an independent risk factor of chronic bronchitis in northwest Russia

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nieminen, Pentti ^a   Panychev, Dmitry ^b   Lyalyushkin, Sergei ^c   Komarov, German ^d   Nikanov, Alexander ^e   Borisenko, Mark ^b   Kinnula, Vuokko L ^f   Toljamo, Tuula ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Monchegorsk City Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^d Murmansk Regional Government   (Russian Federation)

^e Nord West Science Centre of Public Health Care   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mining; Murmansk; Pollution; Respiratory symptoms; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARCTIC; BRONCHITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SMOKING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874367765     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19742     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Odland JO, Tchachtchine VP, Bykov V, Fiskebeck PE, Lund E, Thomassen Y, et al. Critical evaluation of medical, statistical, and occupational data sources in the Kola Peninsula of Russia pertinent to reproductive health studies. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 1999;72:151-60.
2. Vaktskjold A, Talykova LV, Chashchin VP, Odland JO, Nieboer E. Small-for-gestational-age newborns of female refinery workers exposed to nickel. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2007;20:327-38.
3. Norseth T. Environmental pollution around nickel smelters in the Kola Peninsula (Russia). Sci Total Environ. 1994;148: 103-8.
4. Odland JO, Nieboer E, Romanova N, Thomassen Y, Lund E. Blood lead and cadmium and birth weight among sub-arctic and arctic populations of Norway and Russia. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1999;78:852-60.
5. Odland JO, Nieboer E, Romanova N, Thomassen Y, Brox J, Lund E. Concentrations of essential trace elements in maternal serum and the effect on birth weight and newborn body mass index in sub-arctic and arctic populations of Norway and Russia. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1999;78:605-14.
6. Odland JO, Nieboer E, Romanova N, Thomassen Y, Norseth T, Lund E. Urinary nickel concentrations and selected pregnancy outcomes in delivering women and their newborns among arctic populations of Norway and Russia. J Environ Monit. 1999;1:153-61.
7. Rabe KF, Hurd S, Anzueto A, Barnes PJ, Buist SA, Calverley P, et al. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;176: 532-55.
8. de Marco R, Accordini S, Cerveri I, Corsico A, Anto JM, Kunzli N, et al. Incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a cohort of young adults according to the presence of chronic cough and phlegm. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;175:32-9.
9. Celli B, Goldstein R, Jardim J, Knobil K. Future perspectives in COPD. Respir Med. 2005;99(Suppl B):S41-8.
10. Behrendt CE. Mild and moderate-to-severe COPD in nonsmokers: distinct demographic profiles. Chest. 2005;128: 1239-44.
11. Balmes J, Becklake M, Blanc P, Henneberger P, Kreiss K, Mapp C, et al. American Thoracic Society Statement: occupational contribution to the burden of airway disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003;167:787-97.
12. Perlman F, Bobak M, Gilmore A, McKee M. Trends in the prevalence of smoking in Russia during the transition to a market economy. Tob Control. 2007;16:299-305.
13. Peabody JW, Schau B, Lopez-Vidriero M, Vestbo J, Wade S, Iqbal A. COPD: a prevalence estimation model. Respirology. 2005;10:594-602.
14. Talykova LV, Vaktskjold A, Serebrjoakova NG, Khokhlov TV, Strelkovskaja NJ, Chashchin VP, et al. Pregnancy health and outcome in two cities in the Kola Peninsula, Northwestern Russia. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2007;66:168-81.
15. Smith-Sivertsen T, Bykov V, Melbye H, Tchachtchine V, Selnes A, Lund E. Sulphur dioxide exposure and lung function in a Norwegian and Russian population living close to a nickel smelter. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2001;60: 342-59.
16. Lindstrom M, Kotaniemi J, Jonsson E, Lundback B. Smoking, respiratory symptoms, and diseases: a comparative study between northern Sweden and northern Finland: report from the FinEsS study. Chest. 2001;119:852-61.
17. Toljamo T, Kaukonen M, Nieminen P, Kinnula VL. Early detection of COPD combined with individualized counselling for smoking cessation: a two-year prospective study. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2010;28:41-6.
18. Lundback B, Nystrom L, Rosenhall L, Stjernberg N. Obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden: respiratory symptoms assessed in a postal survey. Eur Respir J. 1991; 4:257-66.
19. Lundback B, Stjernberg N, Nystrom L, Lundback K, Lindstrom M, Rosenhall L. An interview study to estimate prevalence of asthma and chronic bronchitis. The obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden study. Eur J Epidemiol. 1993;9:123-33.
20. Montnemery P, Adelroth E, Heuman K, Johannisson A, Johansson SA, Lindholm LH, et al. Prevalence of obstructive lung diseases and respiratory symptoms in southern Sweden. Respir Med. 1998;92:1337-45.
21. Hamari A, Toljamo T, Nieminen P, Kinnula VL. High frequency of chronic cough and sputum production with lowered exercise capacity in young smokers. Ann Med. 2010; 42:512-20.
22. Bernstein JA, Alexis N, Barnes C, Bernstein IL, Bernstein JA, Nel A, et al. Health effects of air pollution. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2004;114:1116-23.
23. Kampa M, Castanas E. Human health effects of air pollution. Environ Pollut. 2008;151:362-7.
24. Leitte AM, Petrescu C, Franck U, Richter M, Suciu O, Ionovici R, et al. Respiratory health, effects of ambient air pollution and its modification by air humidity in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania. Sci Total Environ. 2009;407: 4004-11.
25. Pikhart H, Bobak M, Gorynski P, Wojtyniak B, Danova J, Celko MA, et al. Outdoor sulphur dioxide and respiratory symptoms in Czech and Polish school children: a small-area study (SAVIAH). Small-Area Variation in Air Pollution and Health. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2001;74:574-8.
26. World Health Organization. WHO Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Summary of risk assessment. Geneva: WHO Press; 2006.
27. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Sulfur Dioxide. [cited 2012 May 18]. Available from: http://www.epa.gov/air/ sulfurdioxide/.
28. Koskela H, Pihlajamaki J, Pekkarinen H, Tukiainen H. Effect of cold air on exercise capacity in COPD: increase or decrease? Chest. 1998;113:1560-5.
29. Mannino DM, Buist AS. Global burden of COPD: risk factors, prevalence, and future trends. Lancet. 2007;370: 765-73.
30. Bala S, Tabaku A. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in iron-steel and ferrochrome industry workers. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2010;18:93-8.
31. Trupin L, Earnest G, San PM, Balmes JR, Eisner MD, Yelin E, et al. The occupational burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J. 2003;22:462-9.
32. Mehta AJ, Miedinger D, Keidel D, Bettschart R, Bircher A, Bridevaux PO, et al. Occupational exposure to dusts, gases, and fumes and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;185:1292-300.
33. Buist AS, McBurnie MA, Vollmer WM, Gillespie S, Burney P, Mannino DM, et al. International variation in the prevalence of COPD (the BOLD Study): a population-based prevalence study. Lancet. 2007;370:741-50.
34. Regalado J, Perez-Padilla R, Sansores R, Paramo Ramirez JI, Brauer M, Pare P, et al. The effect of biomass burning on respiratory symptoms and lung function in rural Mexican women. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006;174:901-5.
35. Lopez AD, Shibuya K, Rao C, Mathers CD, Hansell AL, Held LS, et al. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections. Eur Respir J. 2006;27:397-412.