[Analysis of time series to establish the relationship of respiratory symptomatology in children to ambient air pollution fluctuations].
Eighty-five junior schoolchildren from Nizhni Tagil were examined on the basis of daily recording of respiratory and allergic symptoms by parents and continuous monitoring of ambient air pollution with suspended matter and irritating gases. Regression analysis of the findings has ascertained the adverse impact of even relatively small daily pollution peaks (generally not greater that the established mean maximum daily permissible concentrations) on acute upper and deep airway responses in junior and middle schoolchildren. The principal results of the study agree with those of the studies in the West, although the latter concerned the concentrations of dust particles that are higher and vary in wider ranges than in this study. It is recommended that this methodology be widely introduced into practice in order to establish correlations between ambient air pollution and children's impaired health.
Privalova
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Kosheleva
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Brezgina
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students
D000393:Air Pollutants