Patterns of respiratory illness in Sheffield infant schoolchildren.

Prevalence of respiratory conditions among schoolchildren exposed to different levels of air pollutants in the Haifa Bay area, Israel.

“…In part of the studies carried out in England (11,20) and in the United States (21,23), the air pollution concentrations that were associated with higher prevalence of respiratory indices among children were much higher than the concentrations measured in our study. Other studies (2,8,22,24,25) show correlations between the prevalence of upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms and exposure to concentrations of community pollution similar to those found in our study.…”

“…The health data gathered from schoolchildren growing up in three residential areas of the Haifa Bay region, Israel, indicate a higher prevalence of both respiratory symptoms and respiratory diseases among those children residing in the high pollution, and to a certain extent in the medium (2,7,8,11,13,(20)(21)(22)(23)(24).…”

“…A special effort is being made to detect health effects resulting from long-term exposure to concentrations of pollutants prevailing in communities. In the last two decades many environmental surveys were carried out among children, who are not occupationally exposed and do not smoke, taking into account many other factors to which they are exposed and which may affect their respiratory system in the same way as air pollution (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16).…”

Health Effects of the Gas-Aerosol Complex: Report to Special Committee on Health and Ecological Effects of Increased Coal Utilization

“…During this period there had been a marked improvement in air pollution levels (45-80% decrease in smokeshade; 10-25% decrease in sulfur dioxide) with an abolition of the pollutant gradient between the four areas. Appreciable decreases in observed respiratory effects were observed and there were no longer differences between the areas (27,28). Another study of a cohort ofchildren born in 1946 noted an association of the history of lower respiratory tract infection with air pollution (25).…”

Poluição do ar e doenças respiratórias: uma revisão

“…Também na Grã-Bretanha, Lunn et al (1967) avaliaram a função pulmonar de 819 crianças entre 5 e 6 anos de idade, moradoras de quatro bairros distintos da cidade de Sheffield, sujeitas a níveis distintos de poluição. As provas foram realizadas nos meses de verão, entre 1963 e 1965, de modo a minimizar os efeitos de eventuais episódios de IRAs.…”