title: Long-term exposure to urban air pollution and the relationship with life expectancy in cohort of 3.5 million people in Silesia.
abstract: Air pollution is considered to be one of the most important environmental health determinants. The studies constitute an attempt to explain the role of air pollutants in the impact on the length of life of the 3.5 million people living in the cities of the Silesia province in Poland. The association between the long-term inhalation exposure to PM10, benzo(a)pyrene, cadmium and lead in the period from 1989 to 2008 and length of life in the year 2014 of the inhabitants of 19 cities of the Silesia province has been estimated. The Pearson linear regression method was applied to calculate the relation between exposure to specific pollutants and length of life. In order to determine the influence of the mixture of the pollutants the multiple regression analysis was carried out. The studies have confirmed the significant correlations between the chronic exposure of Silesia province residents to PM10and benzo(a)pyrene and their length of life. The stronger correlation was demonstrated in case of the long-term exposure to the mixture of examined air pollutants. Differentiated exposure of the inhabitants of the Silesia province to air pollutants results in existing inequalities in the life expectancy of men and women among the cities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Risk Factors, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: gdziubanek@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dziubanek
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: aspychala@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spychała
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: emarchwinska@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchwińska-Wyrwał
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Risk Factors, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: mrusin@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rusin
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: ihajok@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hajok
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health Risk Factors, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: mdrabek@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ćwieląg-Drabek
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland), ul. Piekarska 18, 42-902 Bytom, Poland. Electronic address: apiekut@sum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piekut
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000009:adverse effects; D002947:Cities; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000009:adverse effects; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene
keywords: Benzo(a)pyrene; Heavy metals; Life expectancy; PM(10); Silesia province; Urban air pollution