Relationship between Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Symptoms in Children in Taiyuan
- VernacularTitle:太原市儿童急性呼吸系统症状与大气中颗粒物等环境因素的关系
- Author:
Li LIU
;
Yinmei DU
;
Xiaoping ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Air pollution;
Children's respiratory symptoms;
Case-crossover design
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
1993;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between air pollution and the acute respiratory symptoms in children in Taiyuan,China.Methods A case-crossover design was used to study the association between air pollution and the acute respiratory symptoms of 254 children aged 7-11 in a school in 2005.Results The acute respiratory symptoms(cough,nose running,stuffy nose and angina)increased as the air concentration of PM10 increased.Conclusion There seems to be a positive association between air pollution of PM10 and the acute respiratory symptoms in children in Taiyuan.
