title: Air Pollution and Respiratory Morbidity in Israel: A Review of Accumulated Empiric Evidence.
abstract: Studies of the respiratory effects of air pollution in Israel published in peer-reviewed journals have been infrequent. Most empiric evidence relates to the association between air pollution and childhood asthma; other air pollution effects on other illnesses are less thoroughly studied. Our evaluation provides a possible explanation for the quite contradictory results demonstrated in the various studies. Actual effect estimates appear to differ considerably, ranging from no air pollution effect to a reasonably strong association detected between PM10 and asthma. We attribute these discrepancies to different research methodologies and different types of data used in various studies.
authors.forename: Nili
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carel
authors.forename: Boris A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Portnov
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter