title: Respiratory health effects among schoolchildren and their relationship to air pollutants in Korea.
abstract: The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between five air pollutants (PM(10), SO(2), NO(2), O(3), CO) measured on the daily basis, and adverse health symptoms using epidemiological surveillance data. The generalized estimated equation (GEE) model, a logistic regression analysis model, was used to estimate the effects of air pollution on children's daily health symptoms, focusing on the morbidity including both respiratory and allergic symptoms in four different cities. Analysis of the effects of each pollutant on children's respiratory and allergic symptoms demonstrated that CO affected all symptoms in all the study areas. When the concentration of SO(2) and NO(2) was elevated, upper respiratory symptoms increased significantly. In contrast, when the concentration of O(3) rose, the symptoms decreased significantly. The relationship between measured concentrations and health symptoms was site-dependent for each pollutant.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental and Industrial Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Yoon Shin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Hyoun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bu Soon
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Dae-Seon
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Sun
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Wonho
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D010126:Ozone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D010126:Ozone; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide