Air pollution during New Year's fireworks and daily mortality in the Netherlands.

Autor: Greven FE; Department of environmental health, municipal health services Groningen, PO Box 584, 9700 AN, Groningen, The Netherlands. frans.greven@ggd.groningen.nl., Vonk JM; Department of epidemiology, university of Groningen, university medical center Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.; Groningen research institute on asthma and COPD (GRIAC), university of Groningen, university medical center Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands., Fischer P; Centre for Sustainability, Environment and Health; Department for Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, PO Box 1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands., Duijm F; Department of environmental health, municipal health services Groningen, PO Box 584, 9700 AN, Groningen, The Netherlands., Vink NM; Department of environmental health, municipal health services Groningen, PO Box 584, 9700 AN, Groningen, The Netherlands., Brunekreef B; Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CJ, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2019 Apr 05; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 5735. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 05.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42080-6
Abstrakt: Short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with cardiovascular and respiratory mortality and morbidity. Little is known about associations between air pollution caused by firework events and daily mortality. We investigated whether particulate matter from fireworks during New Year's celebrations was associated with daily mortality. We analyzed the celebrations of the years 1995-2012. PM 10 concentrations increased dramatically during the firework events. Countrywide, the daily average PM 10 concentrations from 27-30 December was 29 μg/m 3 and increased during the first hour of the New Year by 277 μg/m 3 . In the more densely populated areas of the Netherlands the increase was even steeper, 598 μg/m 3 in the first hour of the New Year. No consistent associations were found using linear regression models between PM 10 concentrations during the first six hours of 1 January and daily mortality in the general population. Yet, using a case-crossover analysis firework-days and PM 10 concentrations were associated with daily mortality. Therefore, in light of the contradictory results obtained with the different statistical analyses, we recommend further epidemiological research on the health effects of exposure to firework emissions.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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