Association between pulmonary function and daily levels of sand dust particles assessed by light detection and ranging in schoolchildren in western Japan: A panel study

Allergology International

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 56-61

  Watanabe, Masanari ^a   Noma, Hisashi ^b   Kurai, Jun ^a   Kato, Kazuhiro ^c   Sano, Hiroyuki ^d   Tatsukawa, Toshiyuki ^e   Nakazaki, Hirofumi ^f   Yamasaki, Akira ^a   Shimizu, Eiji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c SAN IN ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Matsue City Hospital   (Japan)

^f MATSUE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Light detection and ranging; Pulmonary function; Sand dust emission; Sand dust particles; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DUST; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIGHT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANEL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SCHOOL CHILD; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; JAPAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952064591     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. D.W. Dockery, C.A. Pope 3rd, X. Xu, J.D. Spengler, J.H. Ware, M.E. Fay, and et al. An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. Cities N Engl J Med 329 2003 1753 1759
2. J.H. Ware, L.A. Thibodeau, F.E. Speizer, S. Colome, and B.G. Ferris Jr. Assessment of the health effects of atmospheric sulphur oxides and particulate matter: evidence from observational studies Environ Health Perspect 41 1981 255 276
3. J.F. Gent, E.W. Triche, T.R. Holford, K. Belanger, M.B. Bracken, W.S. Beckett, and et al. Association of low-level ozone and fine particles with respiratory symptoms in children with asthma JAMA 290 2003 1859 1867
4. M.J. Strickland, L.A. Darrow, M. Klein, W.D. Flanders, J.A. Sarnat, L.A. Waller, and et al. Short-term associations between ambient air pollutants and pediatric asthma emergency department visits Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182 2010 307 316
5. T.Y. Tanaka, and M. Chiba A numerical study of the contribution of dust source regions to the global dust budget Glob Planet Change 52 2006 88 104
6. J.C. Choi, M. Lee, Y. Chun, J. Kin, and S. Oh Chemical composition and source signature of spring aerosol in Seoul Korea J Geophy Res 106 2001 18067 18074
7. Y.J. Han, T.M. Holsen, P.K. Hopke, J.P. Cheong, H. Kim, and S.M. Yi Identification of source locations for atmospheric dry deposition of heavy metals during yellow-sand events in Seoul, Korea in 1998 using hybrid receptor models Atmos Environ 38 2004 5353 5361
8. K. Onishi, Y. Kurosaki, S. Otani, A. Yoshida, N. Sugimoto, and Y. Kurozawa Atmospheric transport route determines components of Asian dust and health effects in Japan Atmos Environ 49 2012 94 102
9. M.L. Bell, J.K. Levy, and Z. Lin The effect of sandstorms and air pollution on cause-specific hospital admissions in Taipei, Taiwan Occup Environ Med 65 2008 104 111
10. C.C. Chan, K.J. Chuang, W.J. Chen, W.T. Chang, C.T. Lee, and C.M. Peng Increasing cardiopulmonary emergency visits by long-range transported Asian dust storms in Taiwan Environ Res 106 2008 393 400
11. Y.S. Chen, P.C. Sheen, E.R. Chen, Y.K. Liu, T.N. Wu, and C.Y. Yang Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily mortality in Taipei, Taiwan Environ Res 95 2004 151 155
12. M. Watanabe, T. Igishi, N. Burioka, A. Yamasaki, J. Kurai, H. Takeuchi, and et al. Pollen augments the influence of desert dust on symptoms of adult asthma patients Allergol Int 60 2011 517 524
13. M. Watanabe, A. Yamasaki, N. Burioka, J. Kurai, K. Yoneda, A. Yoshida, and et al. Correlation of Asian dust storms with worsening of symptoms for patients with asthma in western Japan Allergol Int 60 2011 267 275
14. K.T. Kanatani, I. Ito, W.K. Al-Delaimy, Y. Adachi, W.C. Mathews, J.W. Ramsdell Toyama Asian Desert Dust and Asthma Study Team Desert-dust exposure is associated with increased risk of asthma hospitalization in children Am J Respir Crit Care Med 182 2010 1475 1481
15. Y. Yoo, J.T. Choung, J. Yu, K. Kim, and Y.Y. Koh Acute effects of Asian dust events on respiratory symptoms and peak expiratory flow in children with mild asthma J Korean Med Sci 23 2008 66 71
16. Y.C. Hong, X.C. Pan, S.Y. Kim, K. Park, E.J. Park, X. Jin, and et al. Asian dust storm and pulmonary function of school children in Seoul Sci Total Environ 408 2010 754 759
17. N. Sugimoto, and C.H. Lee Characteristics of dust aerosols inferred from LIDAR depolarization measurements at two wavelengths Appl Opt 45 2006 7468 7474
18. N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu, T. Nishizawa, Y. Hara, C. Xie, and et al. Lidar network observations of tropospheric aerosols Proc SPIE 7153 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.806540
19. C. Weitkamp Lidar: Range-resolved Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere 2005 Springer New York
20. T. Omori, G. Fujimoto, I. Yoshimura, H. Nitta, and M. Ono Effects of particulate matter on daily mortality in 13 Japanese cities J Epidemiol 13 2003 314 322
21. Special Committee on National Air Quality Standard of Particulate Matter [Data for decision on the national air quality standard of particulate matter] [J Jap Atmos Environ] 8 1973 1 57 (in Japanese)
22. H. Matsushita, S. Gotoh, T. Nezu, T. Matsumura, H. Matsumoto, H. Nitta, and et al. [Report on Determination of the Air Quality in the Environment] 2000 Japan Environmental Sanitation Center Kawasaki (in Japanese)
23. N.M. Laird, and J.H. Ware Random-effects models for longitudinal data Biometrics 38 1982 963 974
24. G. Verbeke, and G. Molenberghs Linear Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data 2nd ed. 2009 Springer New York
25. K. Ueda, H. Nitta, and H. Odajima The effects of weather, air pollutants, and Asian dust on hospitalization for asthma in Fukuoka Environ Health Prev Med 15 2010 350 357
26. R.B. Hetland, F.R. Cassee, M. Låg, M. Refsnes, E. Dybing, and P.E. Schwarze Cytokine release from alveolar macrophages exposed to ambient particulate matter: heterogeneity in relation to size, city and season Part Fibre Toxicol 2 2005 4
27. K. Ueda, A. Shimizu, H. Nitta, and K. Inoue Long-range transported Asian dust and emergency ambulance dispatches Inhal Toxicol 24 2012 858 867
28. R. Shturman-Ellstein, R.J. Zeballos, J.M. Buckley, and J.F. Souhrada The beneficial effect of nasal breathing on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction Am Rev Respir Dis 118 1978 65 73
29. K. Onishi, S. Otani, A. Yoshida, H. Mu, and Y. Kurozawa Adverse health effects of Asian dust particles and heavy metals in Japan Asia Pac J Public Health 27 2015 NP1719-26
30. J.W. Park, Y.H. Lim, S.Y. Kyung, C.H. An, S.P. Lee, S.H. Jeong, and et al. Effects of ambient particulate matter on peak expiratory flow rates and respiratory symptoms of asthmatics during Asian dust periods in Korea Respirology 10 2015 470 476
31. D.G. Wiesch, D.A. Meyers, and E.R. Bleecker Genetics of asthma J Allergy Clin Immunol 104 1999 895 901
32. P.J. Gergen, D.I. Mullally, and R. Evans National survey of prevalence of asthma among children in the United States, 1976 to 1980 Pediatrics 81 1988 1 7