https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/475223
標題: | Changes in the relationship between ambient fine particle concentrations and childhood lung function over 5 years | 作者: | Chen B.-Y. CHI-HSIEN CHEN Chuang Y.-C. Wu Y.-H. Pan S.-C. Yue Leon Guo |
公開日期: | 2019 | 出版社: | Academic Press Inc. | 卷: | 179 | 起(迄)頁: | 108809 | 來源出版物: | Environmental Research | 摘要: | Background: Exposure to ambient fine particles, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of ?2.5 μm (PM2.5), is a public health concern. Concentrations of ambient PM2.5 have changed temporally in the past 10 years after a series of action policies for improving air quality were implemented in Taiwan. In this study, temporal changes in the relationship between PM2.5 and lung function among children were investigated. Methods: A nationwide respiratory health survey was conducted among Taiwanese elementary and middle school students in 2011 and again in 2016–2017. A questionnaire was administered to students, for whom forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) were measured using spirometry. During the study period, monthly concentrations of ambient PM2.5 were obtained from the monitoring stations of the Environmental Protection Administration. Lung function measurements were compared with ambient PM2.5 exposure using mixed-effects models. Results: In the 2011 survey (mean PM2.5: 40.6 μg/m3), exposure to PM2.5 in the preceding 1–2 months was associated with a 2.2% decrease (95% confidence interval [CI]: ?4.1%, ?0.3%) in FVC and a 2.3% decrease (95% CI: ?4.0%, ?0.5%) in FEV1. By contrast, a significant relationship between PM2.5 concentrations and lung function was not observed in the 2016–2017 survey (mean PM2.5: 30.0 μg/m3). Conclusions: As improvement in air quality over time, the negative relationship between PM2.5 and childhood lung function tend to be not significant. ? 2019 |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074152442&doi=10.1016%2fj.envres.2019.108809&partnerID=40&md5=dfba5471b2a9c2fe3a0b7722772ada4a https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/475223 |
ISSN: | 0013-9351 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108809 | SDG/關鍵字: | air quality; atmospheric pollution; child health; concentration (composition); confidence interval; health survey; particulate matter; pollution effect; pollution exposure; public health; respiratory disease; spatiotemporal analysis; air pollution; air quality; article; child; childhood; controlled study; environmental protection; female; forced expiratory volume; forced vital capacity; health survey; human; human experiment; lung function; male; middle school student; particulate matter; questionnaire; spirometry; air pollutant; air pollution; environmental exposure; lung; physiology; Taiwan; Taiwan; Air Pollutants; Air Pollution; Child; Environmental Exposure; Humans; Lung; Particulate Matter; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 環境職業醫學科 |
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