title: Influence of traffic-related air pollutants on lung function.
abstract: We investigated the influence of traffic-related air pollutants on respiratory function, with a focus on the non-smoking residents of the capital city of Warsaw in Poland, who lived close to busy streets. The results demonstrate that people living in some parts of the city show symptoms of bronchial obstruction over four times more often than those from the control group consisting of the inhabitants of a remote region in eastern Poland, with considerably less air pollution. Using multiple regression models it was shown that, apart from the place of living, the floor the apartment is situated on, the length of residence, allergy, and physical activity are the factors that significantly influence the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and the pseudo-Tiffenau index (FEV1/FVC).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 20 Nowowiejska Street, 00-653, Warsaw, Poland, artur.badyda@is.pw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Artur J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Badyda
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dabrowiecki
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lubinski
authors.forename: Piotr O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Czechowski
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Majewski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chcialowski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraszewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002947:Cities; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052638:Particulate Matter; D011044:Poland; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014186:Transportation; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter