Impact of urban air pollutants and noise levels over daily hospital admissions in children in Madrid : a time series analysis

The aim of this paper was to analyse the effects of the urban air pollutants and noise levels on daily emergency hospital admissions of children less than 10 years of age in Madrid. Poisson Regression Models were used to quantify the associations. Meteorological variables, influenza epidemics, polle...

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Published in:International archives of occupational and environmental health 2006-02, Vol.79 (2), p.143-152
Main Authors: LINARES, C, DIAZ, J, TOBIAS, A, DE MIGUEL, J. M, OTERO, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Air Pollutants - adverse effects
Air Pollutants - isolation & purification
Air pollution
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
Environmental Exposure
Environmental pollutants toxicology
Humans
Medical sciences
Noise - adverse effects
Noise levels
Noise pollution
Poisson Distribution
Pollen
Pollutants
Respiratory diseases
Risk factors
Spain
Toxicology
Urban Population
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Summary:The aim of this paper was to analyse the effects of the urban air pollutants and noise levels on daily emergency hospital admissions of children less than 10 years of age in Madrid. Poisson Regression Models were used to quantify the associations. Meteorological variables, influenza epidemics, pollen concentrations and trends and periodicities were used as controlling variables. The main results obtained were the detected relationship (p
ISSN:0340-0131
1432-1246
DOI:10.1007/s00420-005-0032-0