Living near opencast coal mining sites and children's respiratory health

OBJECTIVES To answer the question whether living near opencast coal mining sites affects acute and chronic respiratory health. METHODS All 4860 children aged 1–11 from five socioeconomically matched pairs of communities close to active opencast sites and control sites away from them were selected. E...

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Published in:Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2000-03, Vol.57 (3), p.145-151
Main Authors: Pless-Mulloli, Tanja, Howel, Denise, King, Andrew, Stone, Ian, Merefield, John, Bessell, Jan, Darnell, Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Air Pollution - adverse effects
Air Pollution - analysis
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - etiology
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchitis - epidemiology
Bronchitis - etiology
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Chronic Disease
Coal Mining
Communities
Community
Community life
Diaries
Environment. Living conditions
Female
General practice
Geometric mean
Health outcomes
Humans
Infant
Male
Matched-Pair Analysis
Medical sciences
opencast coal mining
Particle Size
Particulate matter
PM10
Prevalence
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Residence Characteristics
respiratory health
Respiratory Sounds - etiology
Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Diseases - etiology
Socioeconomic Factors
United Kingdom
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Summary:OBJECTIVES To answer the question whether living near opencast coal mining sites affects acute and chronic respiratory health. METHODS All 4860 children aged 1–11 from five socioeconomically matched pairs of communities close to active opencast sites and control sites away from them were selected. Exposure was assessed by concentrations of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter
ISSN:1351-0711
1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/oem.57.3.145