Living near main streets and respiratory symptoms in adults. the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults
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Schindler, Christian
Hazenkamp-von Arx, Marianne E.
Braun-Fahrländer, Charlotte
Keidel, Dirk
Rapp, Regula
Künzli, Nino
Braendli, Otto
Burdet, Luc
Sally Liu, L-J
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10.10.2006
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01A - Journal article
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American Journal of Epidemiology
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164
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12
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1190-1198
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Oxford University Press
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Oxford
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Abstract
The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA), conducted in 1991 (SAPALDIA 1) in eight areas among 9,651 randomly selected adults aged 18-60 years, reported associations among the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, nitrogen dioxide, and particles with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 microg/m3. Later, 8,047 subjects reenrolled in 2002 (SAPALDIA 2). The effects of individually assigned traffic exposures on reported respiratory symptoms were estimated, while controlling for socioeconomic and exposure- and health-related factors. The risk of attacks of breathlessness increased for all subjects by 13% (95% confidence interval: 3, 24) per 500-m increment in the length of main street segments within 200 m of the home and decreased in never smokers by 12% (95% confidence interval: 0, 22) per 100-m increment in distance from home to a main street. Living within 20 m of a main street increased the risks of regular phlegm by 15% (95% confidence interval: 0, 31) and wheezing with breathing problems by 34% (95% confidence interval: 0, 79) in never smokers. In 2002, the effects related to road distance were different from those in 1991, which could be due to changes in the traffic pollution mixture. These findings among a general population provide strong confirmation that living near busy streets leads to adverse respiratory health effects.
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cohort studies, environmental exposure, geographic information systems, motor vehicles, prevalence, respiratory tract diseases, Switzerland
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1476-6256
0002-9262
0002-9262
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English
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Published
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Bayer-Oglesby, L., Schindler, C., Hazenkamp-von Arx, M. E., Braun-Fahrländer, C., Keidel, D., Rapp, R., Künzli, N., Braendli, O., Burdet, L., Sally Liu, L.-J., Leuenberger, P., & Ackermann-Liebrich, U. (2006). Living near main streets and respiratory symptoms in adults. the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 164(12), 1190–1198. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwj338