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Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities.

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Zhang, J; Qian, Z; Kong, L; Zhou, L; Yan, L; Chapman, RS
Published in: Archives of environmental health
November 1999

The authors examined potential associations between air-pollution exposures and respiratory symptoms and illnesses of 4,108 adults who resided in 4 districts of 3 large, distinct Chinese cities. Data on respiratory health outcomes and relevant risk factors for parents and children were obtained via standardized questionnaires in the winter of 1988. (The effects in children were described previously.) The yearly averages of ambient levels of total suspended particles in the 4 districts for the years 1985-1988 differed greatly. The authors constructed logistic-regression models to assess the respiratory health parameters of parents of the children. The results revealed significant and strong effects, by district, on prevalence rates of cough, phlegm, persistent cough and phlegm, and wheeze for both the mothers and the fathers. In addition, the odds ratios increased as ambient total suspended particle concentration increased across the 3 urban districts. Other local within-city risk factors, however, may have confounded the total suspended particles-effects association, especially for asthma prevalence. Findings for adults were similar to those found for their children. A strong adverse effect of active tobacco smoking on the fathers' respiratory health was observed. The children appeared to be more strongly affected by passive smoking exposure received in their homes than their mothers.

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Archives of environmental health

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EISSN

2331-4303

ISSN

0003-9896

Publication Date

November 1999

Volume

54

Issue

6

Start / End Page

373 / 381

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban Population
  • Toxicology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Smoking
  • Risk Factors
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Prevalence
  • Odds Ratio
  • Middle Aged
 

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Zhang, J., Qian, Z., Kong, L., Zhou, L., Yan, L., & Chapman, R. S. (1999). Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities. Archives of Environmental Health, 54(6), 373–381. https://doi.org/10.1080/00039899909603368
Zhang, J., Z. Qian, L. Kong, L. Zhou, L. Yan, and R. S. Chapman. “Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities.Archives of Environmental Health 54, no. 6 (November 1999): 373–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/00039899909603368.
Zhang J, Qian Z, Kong L, Zhou L, Yan L, Chapman RS. Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities. Archives of environmental health. 1999 Nov;54(6):373–81.
Zhang, J., et al. “Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities.Archives of Environmental Health, vol. 54, no. 6, Nov. 1999, pp. 373–81. Epmc, doi:10.1080/00039899909603368.
Zhang J, Qian Z, Kong L, Zhou L, Yan L, Chapman RS. Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities. Archives of environmental health. 1999 Nov;54(6):373–381.

Published In

Archives of environmental health

DOI

EISSN

2331-4303

ISSN

0003-9896

Publication Date

November 1999

Volume

54

Issue

6

Start / End Page

373 / 381

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban Population
  • Toxicology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Smoking
  • Risk Factors
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Prevalence
  • Odds Ratio
  • Middle Aged