title: [Correlation between air pollution and respiratory morbidity in children at Dorog].
abstract: The authors studied the dynamical association between the level of air pollution and the respiratory morbidity among children. By examination of the records of 1127 children, the frequency of acute respiratory diseases, and especially bronchitis, was found to be very high in the first 3 years of age, and extremely high among infants. The prevalence of the children with chronic nonspecific pulmonary diseases was found to be approximately 3 times higher than the national average. Correlation analysis showed high correlation between the acute respiratory morbidity of the total children population of age 0-14 living in Dorog and the level of SO2 pollution. This was especially true for the bronchitis morbidity among infants (with a correlation coefficient of 0.92). The authors stress the importance of the primary prevention, claiming that the development of chronic nonspecific pulmonary diseases could be prevented by controlling the harmful environmental factors.
authors.affiliation: Országos Közegészségügyi Intézet Budapest.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dávid
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kégel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudnai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sárkány
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kertész
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004345:Drug Industry; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants
vernacular_title: A levegöszennyezettség mértéke és a gyermekek légúti megbetegedése közötti összefüggés vizsgálata Dorogon.