title: [POLAIR: software and methodological guide for the epidemiological investigation of a point source atmospheric pollution].
abstract: The POLAIR software is designed to guide the user along a methodological approach to assess the health consequences of an accidental or chronic point source atmospheric pollution. This article presents the two components of the software, i.e. the gaussian modelization of the pollution contour lines on the territory around the emission source that allows to calculate an exposure index for every individual with a space-time ponderation factor, and the implementation, by using the EPI-INFO software, of a case-control or historical cohort epidemiological study among the population living in the vicinity of the source. Standardized questionnaires for the collection of data in the field are proposed, and the steps of the data analysis are commented upon, on the basis of an illustrative example.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine de Grenoble, La Tronche.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balducci
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Grandamas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zmirou
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016011:Normal Distribution; D012107:Research Design; D012984:Software; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: POLAIR: logiciel et guide méthodologique pour l'investigation épidémiologique d'une pollution atmosphérique ponctuelle.