Respiratory morbidity in hospitalized Bedouins residing near an industrial park.
The residents' concern about exposure to a chemical industrial park (IP), which includes the national toxic industrial waste site, prompted the authors to initiate this ecological study on the association between residing near the IP and being hospitalized for respiratory ailments in the local Bedouin population. The population was stratified by sex, age, and locality type (permanent settlements and traditional tribal settlements). The distance and wind direction from the IP were used as exposure indicators. Hospitalization data were obtained from the regional medical center. Increased hospitalization rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and all respiratory diseases were found to be associated with residential proximity to the IP. Attributable risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was 34.2% in male members of the traditional tribal settlements and 49.3% in female members of the permanent settlements.
Kordysh
Ella
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Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems Evaluation, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Karakis
Isabella
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Belmaker
Ilana
I
Vardi
Hilel
H
Bolotin
Arkady
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Sarov
Batia
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018912:Arabs; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D017678:Sex Distribution
D000393:Air Pollutants; D015386:Hazardous Substances