Ultrafine particles and children’s health: Literature review

Oliveira, Juliana Regis da Costa e; Base, Luis Henrique; Abreu, Luíz Carlos de; Filho, Celso Ferreira; Ferreira, Celso; Morawska, Lidia

doi:10.1016/j.prrv.2019.06.003

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“…A recent literature review by Morawska et al has summed up the UFP levels measured outdoors and indoors in houses, offices, schools, and day‐care centers, measured by international studies. Only one recent literature review regarding child exposure was found . This review by da Costa e Oliveira et al included 16 studies on the effects of UFP on children's health.…”

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“…Only one recent literature review regarding child exposure was found . This review by da Costa e Oliveira et al included 16 studies on the effects of UFP on children's health. Although this review was focused on the health effects of exposure, they also carefully reviewed the exposure assessment of their selected studies.…”

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“…13,14 Only a few studies on this matter have been conducted in children. 15 The results from those analyses are not conclusive, but suggest a relationship between UFP exposure and respiratory illnesses, inflammation processes, 15,16 cardiovascular effects such as variations in blood pressure, 16,17 or even cognitive developmental alterations. 15,17,18 The sources of emission of UFP are present in both outdoor and indoor environments, 19,20 road transport being the main anthropic outdoor source.…”

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“…15 The results from those analyses are not conclusive, but suggest a relationship between UFP exposure and respiratory illnesses, inflammation processes, 15,16 cardiovascular effects such as variations in blood pressure, 16,17 or even cognitive developmental alterations. 15,17,18 The sources of emission of UFP are present in both outdoor and indoor environments, 19,20 road transport being the main anthropic outdoor source. [21][22][23] A study conducted in Europe estimated that the main primary sources of UFP emission were road and non-road transport (51%), followed by commercial and residential heating systems (21%) and several industrial processes (16%).…”

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“…Health problems related to UFP exposure in adults include respiratory and cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmias, asthma, and suppression of the immune system . Only a few studies on this matter have been conducted in children . The results from those analyses are not conclusive, but suggest a relationship between UFP exposure and respiratory illnesses, inflammation processes, cardiovascular effects such as variations in blood pressure, or even cognitive developmental alterations …”

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Exposure to ultrafine particles in children until 18 years of age: A systematic review

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Airborne ultrafine particles (UFP) have been related to adverse health effects, but exposure in vulnerable population groups such as children is still not well understood. We aim to review the scientific literature regarding personal exposure to UFP in different microenvironments in populations until 18 years of age. The bibliographical search was carried out in July 2019 using the online database PubMed and was completed with references in articles found in the search. We selected the studies that used continuous counters and measured UFP levels in both specific microenvironment (houses, schools, transport, etc) and personal exposure. Finally, 32 studies fulfilled the criteria: of these, 10 analyzed personal exposure and 22 examined UFP levels in the microenvironment (especially in schools or nurseries (18/22)) and five in various microenvironments (including dwellings and means of transport, where exposure levels were higher). The characteristics of the microenvironments with the greatest levels of UFP were being close to heavy traffic or near cooking and cleaning activities. This review revealed the wide differences in exposure assessment methodologies that could lead to a lack of uniform and comparable information about the real UFP exposure in children.

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Associations between ultrafine particle pollution and daily outpatient visits for respiratory diseases in Shanghai, China: a time-series analysis

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Previous epidemiological studies have linked short-term exposure to particulate matter with outpatient visits for respiratory diseases. However, evidence on ultrafine particle (UFP) is still scarce in China. To investigate the association between short-term UFP exposure and outpatient visits for respiratory diseases as well as the corresponding lag patterns, information on outpatient visits for main respiratory diseases during January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2019 was collected from electronic medical records of two large tertiary hospitals in Shanghai, China. Generalized additive models employing a Quasi-Poisson distribution were employed to investigate the relationships between UFP and respiratory diseases. We computed the percentage change and its corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) for outpatient visits related to respiratory diseases per interquartile range (IQR) increase in UFP concentrations. Based on a total of 1,034,394 hospital visits for respiratory diseases in Shanghai, China, we found that the strongest associations of total UFP with acute upper respiratory tract infection (AURTI), bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and pneumonia occurred at lag 03, 03, 0, and 03 days, respectively. Each IQR increase in the total UFP concentrations was associated with increments of 9.02% (95% CI: 8.64–9.40%), 3.94% (95% CI: 2.84–5.06%), 4.10% (95% CI: 3.01–5.20%), and 10.15% (95% CI: 9.32–10.99%) for AURTI, bronchitis, COPD, and pneumonia, respectively. Almost linear concentration–response relationship curves without apparent thresholds were observed between total UFP and outpatient-department visits for four respiratory diseases. Stratified analyses illustrated significantly stronger associations of total UFP with AURTI, bronchitis, and pneumonia among female patients, while that with COPD was stronger among male patients. After adjustment of criteria air pollutants, these associations all remained robust. This time-series study indicates that short-term exposure to UFP was associated with increased risk of hospital visits for respiratory diseases, underscoring the importance of reducing ambient UFP concentrations for respiratory diseases control and prevention.

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Assessment of exposure effects of indoor particles in different microenvironments

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Ultrafine particles and children’s health: Literature review

Cited by 25 publications

References 57 publications

Exposure to ultrafine particles in children until 18 years of age: A systematic review

Exposure to ultrafine particles in children until 18 years of age: A systematic review

Associations between ultrafine particle pollution and daily outpatient visits for respiratory diseases in Shanghai, China: a time-series analysis

Assessment of exposure effects of indoor particles in different microenvironments

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