ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Air Pollution Increases the Incidence of Upper Respiratory Tract Symptoms among Polish Children.
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- How air pollution fuels respiratory infections in children: current insights.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Seasonally modulated nonlinear effects of PMPeerJ · 2025Article
- Influence of meteorological conditions on the variability of indoor and outdoor particulate matter concentrations in a selected Polish health resort.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Perinatal exposure to traffic related air pollutants and the risk of infection in the first six months of life: a cohort study from a low-middle income country.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Effects of Formaldehyde on the Upper Respiratory Tract.Cureus · 2024Review
- Seasonal extreme temperatures and short-term fine particulate matter increases pediatric respiratory healthcare encounters in a sparsely populated region of the intermountain western United States.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- From Local Issues to Global Impacts: Evidence of Air Pollution for Romania and Turkey.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The correlation between respiratory infectious diseases, air pollution, and meteorological factors in Jinan, China from 2021 to 2023.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Incidence of cough from acute exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Madagascar: A pilot study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- The Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy in Children Living in an Urban Agglomeration-Is There a Current Relationship?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Association of low physical activity with higher respiratory tract infections frequency among pre-school children.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Causal Associations of Air Pollution With Cardiovascular Disease and Respiratory Diseases Among Elder Diabetic Patients.GeoHealth · 2023Article
- The Interactive Effects between Drought and Air Pollutants on Children's Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: A Time-Series Analysis in Gansu, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Air pollution in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Driving factors and state response.Public health challenges · 2022Article
- Lagged acute respiratory outcomes among children related to ambient pollutant exposure in a high exposure setting in South Africa.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022Article
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration of the Central Nervous System from Air Pollutants: A Scoping Review.Toxics · 2022Article
- Influence of Selected Air Pollutants on Mortality and Pneumonia Burden in Three Polish Cities over the Years 2011-2018.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
A substantial proportion of airway disease's global burden is attributable to exposure to air pollution. This study aimed to investigate the association between air pollution, assessed as concentrations of particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 on the upper respiratory tract symptoms (URTS) in children. A nation-wide, questionnaire-based study was conducted in Poland in winter 2018/2019 in a population of 1475 children, comparing URTS throughout the study period with publicly available data on airborne particulate matter. A general regression model was used to evaluate the lag effects between daily changes in PM10 and PM2.5 and the number of children reporting URTS and their severity. PM10 and PM2.5 in the single-pollutant models had significant effects on the number of children reporting URTS. The prevalence of URTS: "runny nose", "sneezing" and "cough" was positively associated with 12-week mean PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations. In the locations with the highest average concentration of PM, the symptoms of runny nose, cough and sneezing were increased by 10%, 9% and 11%, respectively, compared to the cities with the lowest PM concentrations. This study showed that moderate-term exposure (12 week observation period) to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of URTS among children aged 3-12 years in Poland. These findings may influence public debate and future policy at the national and international levels to improve air quality in cities and improve children's health.
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