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Titre :	Effects of air pollution on daily clinic visits for lower respiratory tract illness. Commentary. Authors'reply. (2002)
Auteurs :	Jing-Shiang HWANG ; Chang-Chuan CHAN ; Francesca DOMINICI
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of epidemiology (vol. 155, n° 1, 2002)
Pagination :	1-16
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Pollution atmosphérique ; Pathologie ; Santé communautaire ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Taiwan ; Asie ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie]
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xBbRi7. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The authors used data obtained from clinic records and environmental monitoring stations in Taiwan during 1998 to estimate the association between air pollution and daily numbers of clinic visits for lower respiratory tract illness. A small-area design and hierarchical modeling were used for the analysis. Rates of daily clinic visits were associated with current-day concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and particulate matter less than or equal to 10 mum in aerometric diameter. People over age 65 years were the most susceptible, and estimated pollution effects decreased as the exposure time lag increased. The analysis also suggested that several community-specific variables, such as a community's population density and yearly air pollution levels, modified the effects of air pollution. In this paper, the authors demonstrate the use of a small-area design to assess acute health effects of air pollution.

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