BIP! Finder - Urban air pollution and emergency room admissions for respiratory symptoms: a case-crossover study in Palermo, Italy

2011 • Urban air pollution and emergency room admissions for respiratory symptoms: a case-crossover study in Palermo, Italy

Authors: Carmelo Massimo Maida; Rosanna Cusimano; Giuseppe Calamusa; Francesco Vitale; Cerame G; Marcello Vultaggio; Fabio Tramuto

Venue: Environmental Health

Type: Publication

Abstract: Air pollution from vehicular traffic has been associated with respiratory diseases. In Palermo, the largest metropolitan area in Sicily, urban air pollution is mainly addressed to traffic-related pollution because of lack of industrial settlements, and the presence of a temperate climate that contribute to the limited use of domestic heating plants. This study aimed to investigate the association between traffic-related air pollution and emergency room admissions for acute respiratory symptoms.From January 2004 through December 2007, air pollut... (read more)

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1.6921016E-8 6.013118E-9 66 17

/ Attention: 0 29

Topics: Environmental health

DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-10-31

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