title: Effects of working and residential location areas on air pollution related respiratory symptoms in policemen and their wives in Bangkok, Thailand.
abstract: Factors, including air pollution, influencing the prevalence of respiratory symptoms were investigated in a cross-sectional study in policemen and their wives (530 couples) in Bangkok. Information on respiratory symptoms was obtained using the American Thoracic Society Division of Lung Diseases (ATS-DLD) questionnaire. Effects of working and residential locations were evaluated using a multiple logistic model adjusted for several potential confounding factors. In the policemen the increased risk of frequent cough or phlegm was related to smoking (OR=2.19, 95% CI: 1.47-3.26) and working in heavy traffic locations (OR=1.27, CI: 1.01-1.61), whereas in their wives it was related to their residential locations (OR=1.53, CI: 1.10-2.13).
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kanae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karita
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Wanida
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jinsart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000397:Air Pollution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016495:Police; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018454:Spouses; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology