title: Pulmonary Function and Incidence of Selected Respiratory Diseases Depending on the Exposure to Ambient PM10.
abstract: It is essential in pulmonary disease research to take into account traffic-related air pollutant exposure among urban inhabitants. In our study, 4985 people were examined for spirometric parameters in the presented research which was conducted in the years 2008-2012. The research group was divided into urban and rural residents. Traffic density, traffic structure and velocity, as well as concentrations of selected air pollutants (CO, NO₂ and PM10) were measured at selected areas. Among people who live in the city, lower percentages of predicted values of spirometric parameters were noticed in comparison to residents of rural areas. Taking into account that the difference in the five-year mean concentration of PM10in the considered city and rural areas was over 17 μg/m³, each increase of PM10by 10 μg/m³ is associated with the decline in FEV₁ (forced expiratory volume during the first second of expiration) by 1.68%. These findings demonstrate that traffic-related air pollutants may have a significant influence on the decline of pulmonary function and the growing rate of respiratory diseases.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Building Services, Hydro- and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 20 Nowowiejska St., PL00-653 Warsaw, Poland. artur.badyda@is.pw.edu.pl.|Polish Federation of Asthma, Allergy and COPD Patients' Associations, 23/102 Łabiszyńska St., PL03-204 Warsaw, Poland. artur.badyda@is.pw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badyda
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Building Services, Hydro- and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 20 Nowowiejska St., PL00-653 Warsaw, Poland. artur.badyda@is.pw.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gayer
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Systems, Gdynia Maritime University, 83 Morska St., PL81-225 Gdynia, Poland. oskar@am.gdynia.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr Oskar
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Czechowski
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 159 Nowoursynowska St., PL02-776 Warsaw, Poland. grzegorz_majewski@sggw.pl.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Majewski
authors.affiliation: Military Institute of Medicine, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defense, 128 Szaserów St., PL04-141 Warsaw, Poland. pdabrowiecki@wim.mil.pl.|Polish Federation of Asthma, Allergy and COPD Patients' Associations, 23/102 Łabiszyńska St., PL03-204 Warsaw, Poland. pdabrowiecki@wim.mil.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dąbrowiecki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008448:Maximal Expiratory Flow Rate / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000633:toxicity*; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate / Q000502:physiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012424:Rural Population; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide
keywords: PM10; ambient air pollution; pulmonary function; respiratory diseases