Report of an Air Pollution Incident in New York City, November 1953

Greenburg, Leonard; Jacobs, Morris B.; Drolette, Bernadette M.; Field, Franklyn; Braverman, M. M.

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“…6 " 11 McCarroll and associates found no increase in eye irritation, nasal discharge, diarrhea, or home accidents during two episodes when 24-hr sulfur dioxide concentrations were 670 and 1340 Mg/m 3 . During a third episode in which 24-hr sulfur dioxide levels reached 1876 ng/m 3 , significantly increased rhinitis, cold, cough, pharyngitis, eye irritation and headache were reported.…”

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Family Surveys of Irritation Symptoms During Acute Air Pollution Exposures

Cj¹,

Cm²,

English³

et al. 1973

Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association

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Family Surveys of Irritation Symptoms During Acute Air Pollution Exposures

Cj¹,

Cm²,

English³

et al. 1973

Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association

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“…Numa extensa revisão (mais de 90 trabalhos comentados) sobre os efeitos dos óxidos de enxofre e das partículas em suspensão sobre a saúde humana, Ware et al (1981) Os autores discutem a seguir os resultados obtidos em Nova York (EUA) por Greenburg (1962), Schimmel (1976Schimmel ( , 1978 (Ferris et al, 1988: 126-7).…”

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Poluição do ar e doenças respiratórias: uma revisão

Duchiade

1992

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Embora saiba-se de longa data que o fumo é o principal poluente de ar lesivo às vias respiratórias, ainda não se estabeleceu o mesmo consenso a respeito dos efeitos dos demais poluentes atmosféricos sobre a saúde. Nesta revisão, buscou-se organizar as referências recentes a respeito de ação de diversos agentes poluidores sobre a saúde respiratória, tais como as partículas em suspensão, os óxidos de nitrogênio, os sulfatos e o ozônio, entre outros. A maioria dos estudos baseou-se em dados de mortalidade, sobretudo de adultos, apesar de já existirem trabalhos que investigam também os efeitos na morbidade, tanto de adultos quanto de crianças. Os primeiros estudos foram feitos em Londres e, posteriormente, em Nova York, mas atualmente inúmeros outros grupos canadenses, norte-americanos e europeus têm se debruçado sobre a questão. Tentou-se ainda rever os vários estudos nacionais a respeito do tema, de modo a fornecer um panorama geral dos conhecimentos disponíveis até o momento.

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“…The total suspended particulate (TSP) sampler routinely operated by the National Air Sampling Network (NASN) recorded in a 24-hr average of 642 ,ug/m3 during this event. Widespread complaints of eye irritation were reported, and data on visits to emergency room clinics at four of the city's hospitals were analyzed (27). The numbers of emergency clinic visits for each of four hospitals before, during, and after the episode were calculated, and it was concluded that statistically significant increases were seen for upper respiratory infections at three of the four hospitals and for cardiac diagnoses at two hospitals.…”

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A Critical Review of Studies of the Association between Demands for Hospital Services and Air Pollution

Lipfert¹

1993

Environmental Health Perspectives

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Studies of the associations between air pollution and hospital admissions and emergency room use are reviewed, including studies of air pollution episodes, time-series analyses, and cross-sectional analyses. These studies encompass a variety of methods of analysis and levels of air quality. Findings from all three types of studies were generally consistent in that almost all of the studies reviewed found statistically significant associations between hospital use and air pollution; this unanimity may have resulted in part from publication bias. These associations were characterized by elasticities of the order of 0.20; i.e., a 100% change in air pollution was associated with a change in hospital use of about 20%, for specific diagnoses. Respiratory diagnoses were emphasized by most studies; cardiac diagnoses were included in five ofthem. The air pollutants most often associated with changes in hospital use were particulate matter, sulfur oxides, and oxidants. Apart from the major air pollution episodes, there was no obvious link between air pollution level and the significance or magnitudes of the associations. Long-term indicators of hospitalization appeared to also be influenced by medical care supply factors, including the numbers of beds and physicians per capita. These nonpathological causal factors could also have influenced the findings of the time-series studies by introducing extraneous factors in the patterns of admissions. Although consistent associations have been shown between hospital use and air pollution, further research is required to distinguish among potentially responsible pollutants and to deduce specific dose-response relationships of general utility.

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Report of an Air Pollution Incident in New York City, November 1953

Cited by 79 publications

References 2 publications

Family Surveys of Irritation Symptoms During Acute Air Pollution Exposures

Family Surveys of Irritation Symptoms During Acute Air Pollution Exposures

Poluição do ar e doenças respiratórias: uma revisão

A Critical Review of Studies of the Association between Demands for Hospital Services and Air Pollution

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