Associations between Outdoor Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions in Brisbane, Australia

Autor:	Lukman Thalib, Anna Petroeschevsky, Rod Simpson, Shannon Rutherford
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Time Factors Respiratory Tract Diseases Air pollution medicine.disease_cause chemistry.chemical_compound Patient Admission Risk Factors Epidemiology Sulfur Dioxide Medicine Longitudinal Studies Child General Environmental Science media_common Air Pollutants Respiratory disease Middle Aged Cardiovascular Diseases Child Preschool Epidemiological Monitoring Regression Analysis Queensland Seasons Environmental Monitoring Adult Pollution medicine.medical_specialty Ozone Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Nitrogen Dioxide Age Distribution Nephelometry and Turbidimetry Environmental health Humans Environmental Chemistry Nitrogen dioxide Intensive care medicine Aged Asthma Models Statistical business.industry Particulate pollution Urban Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant medicine.disease chemistry business
Zdroj:	Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 56:37-52
ISSN:	0003-9896
DOI:	10.1080/00039890109604053
Popis:	The authors investigated the effects of ambient air pollution on hospital admissions in Brisbane, Australia. The authors used the Air Pollution on Health: European Approach protocol to examine the effects of particles, ozone, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide on daily hospital admissions for asthma and respiratory, cardiovascular, and digestive disorders (control diagnosis) that occurred during the period 1987-1994. Ozone was consistently associated with admissions for asthma and respiratory disease-with little evidence of a threshold. In two-pollutant models, the ozone effect was relatively unaffected by the control for high levels of other pollutants. Particulate pollution (measured by nephelometry) was associated positively with admissions for respiratory disease and admissions for asthma in summer, whereas a negative association was observed for cardiovascular admissions. Although sulfur dioxide was associated significantly with admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular disese, a significant association was also found for the control diagnosis of digestive disorders. No significant associations were found for nitrogen dioxide over the study period, although significantly positive seasonal interactions were found for asthma and respiratory disease in autumn, winter, and spring. It was concluded that current levels of ambient air pollution in Brisbane make a significant contribution to the variation in daily hospital admissions for asthma and respiratory disease.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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