title: Estimation of age-related vulnerability to air pollution: assessment of respiratory health at local scale.
abstract: This paper demonstrates association of short-term variation in pollution and health outcomes within the same geographical area for a typical urban setting in the northern part of the UK from time series analysis. It utilises publicly available datasets for regulated air pollutants (PM₁₀, NO₂, SO₂, CO and O₃), meteorology and respiratory hospital admissions (and mortality) between April 2002 and December 2005 to estimate the respiratory health effect of pollution exposure, mainly in the elderly. Our results show that PM₁₀ and O₃ are positively associated with respiratory hospital admissions in the elderly, specifically in the age group 70-79. CO effects seem to be concentrated on the most elderly age group (80+) whereas NO₂ seems to have the opposite age-related effect, with lower effects on the more elderly.
authors.affiliation: Transport Operations Research Group, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Namdeo
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwary
authors.forename: Ewan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farrow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000032:analysis; D006262:Health; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D010126:Ozone / Q000032:analysis; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D010126:Ozone; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide