Pulmonary health effects of air pollution

Kurt, Ozlem Kar; Zhang, Jingjing; Pinkerton, Kent E.

doi:10.1097/mcp.0000000000000248

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“…Also, traffic-generated plume from vehicles includes particulate matter (PM) with a gaseous pollutant mixture of nitrogen oxides (NO, NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO) and multiple volatile organic compounds (e.g., benzene, ethene, ethylene and toluene). These components are associated with a range of short-term and long-term health effects; such as childhood asthma incidences (Khreis et al 2016), allergic diseases in Children (Seon-Ju Yi et al 2017), cardiovascular disease incidence (Cesaroni et al, 2014), cardiovascular mortality and morbidity (Héroux et al, 2015), respiratory infections (MacIntyre et al, 2014) and respiratory mortality and morbidity (Health Effects Institute, 2010;Héroux et al, 2015;Kurt et al, 2016). Secondly, Pandian et al (2008) note that high vehicular traffic is associated with high vehicular emission.…”

Section: Perspectives On Vehicular Emissions and Healthmentioning

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Vehicular Emissions and Its Implications on the Health of Traders: A Case Study of Traders in La Nkwantanang Municipality in Ghana

Dushie¹,

Fenny²,

Crentsil³

2017

JSD

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The study was based on the recognition that although the health conditions of the human population is vital to sustainable living and productivity, some studies have found that road traffic emissions continue to give rise to infectious and chronic diseases. As a result, the study aimed at assessing the implications of vehicle emissions on the health of traders in Madina in the La Nkwantanang Municipality of Ghana where road traffic is very congested and traders are directly exposed to vehicle emissions. To achieve this objective, 300 traders, made up of 150 traders within a distance of 50 meters and 150 traders within a distance beyond 50 meters of the main road were purposively selected to participate in the survey. Data obtained was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings show that although a significant proportion of the respondents had good knowledge about the health consequences of their exposure to emissions, they were reluctant to relocate due to their inability to afford a different location and scarcity of urban space. More importantly, frequent coughing, nausea, poor visibility and difficulty in breathing were among the major self-reported health outcomes. The study also found statistically significant difference in the distribution of self-reported health outcomes by distance of respondents from source of vehicle emission. Also, years spent in the occupation and average daily work hours per week were among factors that related significantly with reported cases of respiratory diseases by respondents.

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Section: Perspectives On Vehicular Emissions and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vehicular Emissions and Its Implications on the Health of Traders: A Case Study of Traders in La Nkwantanang Municipality in Ghana

Dushie¹,

Fenny²,

Crentsil³

2017

JSD

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“…According to the scientific literature, air pollution can affect our health on a global scale and cause many diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The endocrine system has also been studied as a target organ for the harmful effects of air pollutants.…”

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Biological Indicators of High Levels of Air Pollution from Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Rethemiotakis

Rethemiotaki²

2018

IAM

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Aim: The aim of this work is to study the endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Cyprus and their relationship to smoking and air pollution. Methods: The statistical methods were used to derive the results of this work are Student t-test in order to check the statistical significance of the endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in relation to gender, One-Way ANOVA test in order to check the statistical significance of endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in relation to age and the Pearson correlation coefficient for the relationship between these disorders of both predisposing factors of smoking and air pollution. Results: The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference in the number of endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in relation to gender, there is a statistically significant relationship between these disorders and age, and in particular they occur mainly at ages 65 and over. Finally, there is a statistically significant relationship between the numbers of incidents of endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases with air pollution and there is no statistically significant relationship with smoking. Conclusions: This study has shown that human endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases differ in the incidence in terms of age while air pollution is a significant predisposition. Moreover, from all endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, diabetes mellitus holds the first place in deaths of both men and women.

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“…According to the scientific literature, air pollution is a major public health concern as it can cause many diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cancer [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. International literature has suggested the correlation between particle material (PM) exposure and fetal anomalies, particularly cardiovascular malformations.…”

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Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cyprus

Rethemiotaki¹,

Rethemiotakis

2018

IAM

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Aim: The aim of this work is to study the congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities in Cyprus and their relationship to air pollution. Methods: The statistical methods were used to derive the results of this work are Student t-test in order to check the statistical significance of the congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities in relation to gender, One-Way ANOVA test in order to check the statistical significance of these abnormalities in relation to age and the Pearson correlation coefficient for the relationship between these abnormalities of the predisposing factor of air pollution. Results: The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference in the number of congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities in relation to gender, while there is a statistically significant relationship between these abnormalities with age, and in particular they occur mainly at ages 1-14. Finally, there is a statistically significant relationship between the numbers of incidents of the congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities with air pollution. Conclusions: This study has shown that congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities differ in the incidence in terms of age while air pollution is a significant predisposition. Moreover, the congenital malformations that are statistically significant are those of the circulatory system and the musculoskeletal system.

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Pulmonary health effects of air pollution

Cited by 386 publications

References 51 publications

Vehicular Emissions and Its Implications on the Health of Traders: A Case Study of Traders in La Nkwantanang Municipality in Ghana

Vehicular Emissions and Its Implications on the Health of Traders: A Case Study of Traders in La Nkwantanang Municipality in Ghana

Biological Indicators of High Levels of Air Pollution from Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cyprus

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