Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory morbidities among Chinese children: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gao, Yang ^a   Chan, Emily Y Y ^b   Li, Liping ^c   Lau, Patrick W C ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Child; China; NO2; PM10; Respiratory morbidity; Urban

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84893186944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-105     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. World Health Organization, WHO Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide-Global update 2005-Summary of risk assessment Geneva: WHO Press 2006
2. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Air quality guidelines for Europe, second edition, 2000 Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 91. 2000
3. Effects of ambient sulfur oxides and suspended particles on respiratory health of preadolescent children. Ware JH, Ferris BG Jr, Dockery DW, Spengler JD, Stram DO, Speizer FE, et al. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986 133 834 842 3706894 (Pubitemid 16116513)
4. Health effects of acid aerosols on north American children: respiratory symptoms. Dockery DW, Cunningham J, Damokosh AI, Neas LM, Spengler JD, Koutrakis P, et al. Environ Health Perspect 1996 104 500 5005 10.1289/ehp.96104500 8743437
5. A study of twelve southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity. Peters JM, Avol E, Navidi W, London SJ, Gauderman WJ, Lurmann F, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999 159 760 767 10.1164/ajrccm.159.3.9804143 10051248 (Pubitemid 29137771)
6. Road traffic and adverse effects on respiratory health in children. Wjst M, Reitmeir P, Dold S, Wulff A, Nicolai T, von Loeffelholz-Colberg EF, et al. BMJ 1993 307 596 600 10.1136/bmj.307.6904.596 7691304 (Pubitemid 23255065)
7. Hospital admissions for asthma in preschool children: relationship to major roads in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Edwards J, Walters S, Griffiths RK, Arch Environ Health 1994 49 223 227 10.1080/00039896.1994.9937471 7518223 (Pubitemid 24235361)
8. Effect of outdoor and indoor nitrogen dioxide on respiratory symptoms in schoolchildren. Shima M, Adachi M, Int J Epidemiol 2000 29 862 870 10.1093/ije/29.5.862 11034970
9. Traffic related air pollution as a determinant of asthma among Taiwanese school children. Hwang BF, Lee YL, Jaakkola JJK, Guo YL, Thorax 2005 60 467 473 10.1136/thx.2004.033977 15923246 (Pubitemid 40814045)
10. Ambient particulate pollution and the world-wide prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in children: phase one of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Anderson HR, Ruggles R, Pandey KD, Kapetanakis V, Brunekreef B, Lai CKW, et al. Occup Environ Med 2010 67 293 300 10.1136/oem.2009.048785 19819866
11. Environmental Protection Department of Hong Kong, Air quality annual report data is available on http://www.aqhi.gov.hk/en/download/air-quality- reportse469.html?showall=&start=1 on 27 June, 2012
12. Adverse effects of low-level air pollution on the respiratory health of schoolchildren in Hong Kong. Yu TS, Wong TW, Wang XR, Song H, Wong SL, Tang JL, J Occup Environ Med 2001 43 310 316 10.1097/00043764-200104000-00004 11322091 (Pubitemid 32378068)
13. Comparison between two districts of the effects of an air pollution intervention on bronchial responsiveness in primary school children in Hong Kong. Wong CM, Lam TH, Peters J, Hedley AJ, Ong SG, Tam AY, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 1998 52 571 578 10.1136/jech.52.9.571 10320858 (Pubitemid 28416798)
14. Children's respiratory morbidity prevalence in relation to air pollution in four Chinese cities. Zhang JJ, Hu W, Wei F, Wu G, Korn LR, Chapman RS, Environ Health Perspect 2002 110 961 967 10.1289/ehp.02110961 12204833
15. Adverse effect of outdoor air pollution on cardiorespiratory fitness in Chinese children. Gao Y, Chan EYY, Zhu YJ, Wong TW, Atmos Environ 2013 64 10 17
16. Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on lung function among Chinese children. Gao Y, Chan EYY, Li LP, Wong TW, Arch Dis Child 2013 98 128 135 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301541 23235891
17. Epidemiology standardization project (American Thoracic Society). Ferris BG, Am Rev Respir Dis 1978 118 1 120
18. Prevalence of asthma and allergy in Hong Kong schoolchildren: an ISAAC study. Leung R, Wong G, Lau J, Ho A, Chan JK, Choy D, et al. Eur Respir J 1997 10 354 360 10.1183/09031936.97.10020354 9042632 (Pubitemid 27063851)
19. Katz MH, Multivariable analysis: a practical guide for clinicians Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999
20. Study on the effect of ambient air pollution on respiratory disease and symptoms among school-age children in Beijing [in Chinese]. Wang SL, Guo XB, Zhang JL, J Environ Health 2004 21 41 44
21. Study on the influence of air pollution inside door or outside door on the health of the school children [in Chinese]. Ye LJ, Sun WJ, Yu W, Mod Prev Med 2007 34 4686 4687
22. The study about influences of the air pollution on the respiratory system health of the children and their parents in Lanzihou [in Chinese]. Tian QX, Zhou LZ, Wang R, Tian ZM, Environ Monit China 2001 17 48 51
23. Study on the effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution on the respiratory system of school-age children [in Chinese]. Kong LL, He QC, Xu F, Xu KY, Guo H, Environ Monit China 2001 17 43 48
24. Cross-sectional study on the relationship of outdoor air pollution with children's respiratory health in Guangzhou City [in Chinese]. Wu J, He Q, Du L, South China J Prev Med 2012 38 1 5
25. Relationship between ambient air pollution and Children's respiratory health in China. Wu Y, Zhang J, Zhao X, J Environ Health 2009 26 471 477
26. Air pollution and children's respiratory symptoms in six cities of Northern China. Pan GW, Zhang SJ, Feng YP, Takahashi K, Kagawa J, Yu LZ, Respir Med 2010 104 1903 1911 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.07.018 20801627
27. Exposure-response functions for health effects of ambient air pollution applicable for China-A meta-analysis. Aunan K, Pan XC, Sci Total Environ 2004 329 3 16 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.008 15262154 (Pubitemid 38950554)
28. Respiratory health and long-term exposure to air pollutants in Swiss schoolchildren. SCARPOL Team: Swiss Study on Childhood Allergy and Respiratory Symptoms with Respect to Air Pollution, Climate and Pollen. Braun-Fahrlander C, Vuille JC, Sennhauser FH, Neu U, Kunzle T, Grize L, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997 155 1042 1049 10.1164/ajrccm.155.3.9116984 9116984
29. Air pollution involving nitrogen dioxide exposure and wheezing bronchitis in children. Pershagen G, Rylander E, Norberg S, Eriksson M, Nordvall SL, Int J Epidemiol 1995 24 1147 1153 10.1093/ije/24.6.1147 8824856
30. Traffic-related air pollution is associated with atopy in children living in urban areas. Kramer U, Koch T, Ranft U, Ring J, Behrendt H, Epidemiology 2000 11 64 70 10.1097/00001648-200001000-00014 10615846 (Pubitemid 30005154)
31. Living near a main road and the risk of wheezing illness in children. Venn AJ, Lewis SA, Cooper M, Hubbard R, Britton J, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 164 2177 2180 10.1164/ajrccm.164.12.2106126 11751183 (Pubitemid 34032931)
32. HEI Accountability Working Group, Assessing Health Impact of Air Quality Regulations: Concepts and Methods for Accountability Research, Communication 11 Boston MA: Health Effects Institute 2003