[cleanairuk_news] Health Effects of Air Quality and Noise - update December 2013
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* Health Effects of Air Quality and Noise - update December 2013 *
By Barbara Rimmington, Researcher, East End Quality of Life Initiative
(Previous edition - November 2013:
http://cleanairuk.org/pipermail/news_cleanairuk.org/2013-December/000062.html)
*CONTENTS*
1) Comparison of remote sensing and fixed-site monitoring approaches
for examining air pollution and health in a national study population
2) Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure and small for gestational
age birth in the Puget Sound Air Basin
3) Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North
America: results from the APHENA study
4) Long-term exposure to air pollution and the incidence of asthma:
meta-analysis of cohort studies
5) Effects of air pollution on asthma hospitalization rates in
different age groups in metropolitan cities of Korea
6) Residential proximity to major roadways and renal function
7) Epidemiological evidence on association between ambient air
pollution and stroke mortality
8) Exposure to particulate air pollution and long-term incidence of
frailty after myocardial infarction
9) The effect of acute exposure to coarse particulate matter air
pollution in a rural location on circulating endothelial progenitor
cells: results from a randomized controlled study
10) Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for
congestive heart failure: a case-crossover study in Taipei
11) A Prospective Study of the Impact of Air Pollution on Respiratory
Symptoms and Infections in Infants
12) Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Lung Function in the
Framingham Heart Study
13) Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality in California
14) The impacts of short-term exposure to noise and traffic-related
air pollution on heart rate variability in young healthy adults
15) Air pollution exposure prediction approaches used in air pollution
epidemiology studies
16) Childhood Cancer and Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure in
Pregnancy and Early Life
17) Ambient Air Pollution and Preeclampsia: A Spatiotemporal Analysis
18) Air Pollution Exposure and Lung Function in Children: The ESCAPE Project
19) Photochemically Altered Air Pollution Mixtures and Contractile
Parameters in Isolated Murine Hearts before and after Ischemia
20) Air Pollution and Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic
Status: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
21) Small Changes, Big Impact: Exposure to Air Pollution and Reduced
Lung Function in Children
22) Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause
mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre
ESCAPE project
23) Airway inflammation and oxidative potential of air pollutant
particles in a pediatric asthma panel
24) Examining the effects of air pollution composition on within
region differences in PM2.5 mortality risk estimates
25) Oxidative stress of House Sparrow as bioindicator of urban pollution
26) Residential traffic noise exposure assessment: application and
evaluation of European Environmental Noise Directive maps
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1) Comparison of remote sensing and fixed-site monitoring approaches
for examining air pollution and health in a national study population
Genevieve Prud'homme, Nina A. Dobbin, Liu Sun, Richard T. Burnett,
Randall V. Martin, Andrew Davidson, Sabit Cakmak, Paul J. Villeneuve,
Lok N. Lamsal, Aaron van Donkelaar, Paul A. Peters, Markey Johnson
Remote sensing (RS) and regulatory monitoring (RM) were used to
estimate air pollution. Pollution concentrations were assigned to
homes in a national health study (N = 211,789). NO2 and PM2.5 were
associated with adverse respiratory and allergic health outcomes. Risk
estimates based on RS and RM were similar for participants living near
monitors. RS pollutants were associated with adverse outcomes in
remote/rural areas (p < 0.05).
Atmospheric Environment 80, December 2013, 161–171 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231013005414)
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2) Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure and small for gestational
age birth in the Puget Sound Air Basin
Sheela Sathyanarayana, Chuan Zhou, Carole B. Rudra, Tim Gould, Tim
Larson, Jane Koenig, Catherine J. Karr
Our findings suggest that prenatal exposure to traffic-derived air
pollutants has a modest effect on fetal growth in a region with low
overall air pollutant concentrations. Given the modest associations,
future studies in similar settings that maximize the opportunity to
address potential residual confounding are needed.
Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health June 2013, 6, 2, 455-463 - read
abstract (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-012-0182-7)
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3) Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North
America: results from the APHENA study
Roger D. Peng et al
The “Air Pollution and Health: A Combined European and North American
Approach” (APHENA) project is a collaborative analysis of multi-city
time-series data on the association between air pollution and adverse
health outcomes. The findings from APHENA on the effects of O3 on
mortality in the general population were comparable with previously
reported results and relatively robust to the method of data analysis.
Overall, there was no indication of strong effect modification by age
or ecologic variables considered in the analysis.
Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health June 2013, 6, 2, 445-453 - read
abstract (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-012-0180-9)
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4) Long-term exposure to air pollution and the incidence of asthma:
meta-analysis of cohort studies
H. Ross Anderson, Graziella Favarato, Richard W. Atkinson
We quantified the association between long-term exposure to air
pollution and the incidence of asthma by conducting a systematic
review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Twelve of the cohorts
reported at least one positive statistically significant association
between air pollution and a measure of incidence. Of the total of 99
estimates, only a minority (29) were positive and statistically
significant. Estimates for meta-analysis were chosen a priori using a
protocol. For the 13 studies with estimates for nitrogen dioxide
(NO2), the random effects odds ratio was 1.07 (95% CI 1.02 to 1.13)
per 10 μg/m3. For five studies with estimates for particulate matter
with aerodynamic diameter <2.5 μm (PM2.5), the random effects estimate
was 1.16 (95% CI 0.98 to 1.37) per 10 μg/m3. These estimates were
reduced in size and statistical significance by adjustment for
publication bias but remained positive. The results are consistent
with an effect of outdoor air pollution on asthma incidence. Future
meta-analyses would benefit from greater standardisation of cohort
methods.
Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health March 2013, 6, 1, 47-56 - read
abstract
(http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11869-011-0144-5) plus
erratum
(http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-012-0184-5/fulltext.html)
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5) Effects of air pollution on asthma hospitalization rates in
different age groups in metropolitan cities of Korea
Minjeong Park, Sheng Luo, Jaymin Kwon, Thomas H. Stock, George
Delclos, Ho Kim, Hong Yun-Chul
Using adults as the referent, the relative rate (RR) of asthma
admissions with 10 μg/m3 increase of PM10 is 1.5 % (95 % CI 0.1–2.8 %)
lower for children and 1.3 % (95 % CI 0.7–1.9 %) higher for the
elderly; RR with 1 ppm increase of CO is 1.9 % (95 % CI 0.3–3.8 %)
lower for children; RR with 1 ppb increase of NO2 (1 ppb) is 0.5 % (95
% CI 0.3–0.7 %) higher for the elderly. No significant age group
difference in relative rate was found for ozone or sulfur dioxide.
Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health September 2013, 6,3, 543-551 - read
abstract (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-013-0195-x)
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6) Residential proximity to major roadways and renal function
Shih-Ho Lue, Gregory A Wellenius, Elissa H Wilker, Elizabeth
Mostofsky, Murray A Mittleman
Living near a major roadway is associated with lower estimated
glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in a cohort of patients presenting
with acute ischaemic stroke. If causal, these results imply that
exposures associated with living near a major roadway contribute to
reduced renal function, an important risk factor for cardiovascular
events.
J Epidemiol Community Health 2013;67:629-634
doi:10.1136/jech-2012-202307 - read abstract
(http://jech.bmj.com/content/67/8/629.abstract)
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7) Epidemiological evidence on association between ambient air
pollution and stroke mortality
Yifeng Qian, Meiying Zhu, Binxin Cai, Qing Yang, Haidong Kan, Guixiang
Song, Wenzheng Jin, Ming Han, Chunfang Wang
This study provides new evidence for the association between exposure
to ambient air pollution and stroke mortality. Our results also
suggest that underlying cardiac disorder may increase the risk for
ischaemic-stroke mortality in relation to air pollution exposure,
especially NO2.
J Epidemiol Community Health 2013;67:635-640,
doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201096 - read abstract
(http://jech.bmj.com/content/67/8/635.abstract)
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8) Exposure to particulate air pollution and long-term incidence of
frailty after myocardial infarction
Vicki Myers, David M. Broday, David M. Steinberg, Yuval, Yaacov Drory,
Yariv Gerber
An association was observed between exposure to PM2.5 and incidence of
frailty, providing a potential intermediary between air pollution and
post-myocardial infarction outcomes.
Annals of Epidemiology 23, 7 , 395-400, July 2013 - read abstract
(http://www.annalsofepidemiology.org/article/S1047-2797(13)00129-4/abstract)
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9) The effect of acute exposure to coarse particulate matter air
pollution in a rural location on circulating endothelial progenitor
cells: results from a randomized controlled study
Robert D. Brook, Robert L. Bard, Mariana J. Kaplan, Srilakshmi
Yalavarthi, Masako Morishita, J. Timothy Dvonch, Lu Wang, Hui-yu Yang,
Catherine Spino, Bhramar Mukherjee, Elif A. Oral, Qinghua Sun, Jeffrey
R. Brook, Jack Harkema, Sanjay Rajagopalan
Brief inhalation of coarse PM from a rural location elicited an
increase in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) that persisted for at
least 20 h. The underlying mechanism responsible may reflect a
systemic reaction to an acute “endothelial injury” and/or a
circulating EPC response to sympathetic nervous system activation.
Inhalation Toxicology, 2013, Vol. 25, No. 10 , Pages 587-592
(doi:10.3109/08958378.2013.814733) - read abstract
(http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/08958378.2013.814733)
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10) Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for
congestive heart failure: a case-crossover study in Taipei
Ya-Lun Hsieh, Shang-Shyue Tsai, Chun-Yuh Yang
This study provides evidence that higher levels of PM2.5 increase the
risk of hospital
admissions for congestive heart failure (CHF).
Inhalation Toxicology, July 2013, 25, 8, 455-460
(doi:10.3109/08958378.2013.804609) - read abstract
(http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/08958378.2013.804609)
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11) A Prospective Study of the Impact of Air Pollution on Respiratory
Symptoms and Infections in Infants
Georgette Stern, Philipp Latzin, Martin Röösli, Oliver Fuchs, Elena
Proietti, Claudia Kuehni, Urs Frey
Exposure to even moderate levels of air pollution was associated with
increased respiratory symptoms in healthy infants. Particularly in
infants with premorbid lung function and inflammation, air pollution
contributed to longer duration of infectious episodes with a
potentially large socioeconomic impact.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 187, 12
(2013), 1341-1348, doi: 10.1164/rccm.201211-2008OC - read abstract
(http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.201211-2008OC#.UqhHU9JdWN8)
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12) Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Lung Function in the
Framingham Heart Study
Mary B. Rice, Petter L. Ljungman, Elissa H. Wilker, Diane R. Gold,
Joel D. Schwartz, Petros Koutrakis, George R. Washko, George T.
O’Connor, Murray A. Mittleman
Short-term exposure to PM2.5, NO2, and O3 within current EPA standards
was associated with lower lung function in this cohort of adults.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 188, 11
(2013), 1351-1357, doi: 10.1164/rccm.201308-1414OC - read abstract
(http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.201308-1414OC#.UqhGVtJdWN8)
13) Spatial Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality in California
Michael Jerrett, Richard T. Burnett, Bernardo S. Beckerman, Michelle
C. Turner, Daniel Krewski, George Thurston, Randall V. Martin, Aaron
van Donkelaar, Edward Hughes, Yuanli Shi, Susan M. Gapstur, Michael J.
Thun, C. Arden PopeIII
Using the first individualized exposure assignments in this important
cohort, we found positive associations of fine particulate matter, O3,
and NO2 with mortality. The positive associations of NO2 suggest that
traffic pollution relates to premature death.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 188, 5
(2013), 593-599, doi: 10.1164/rccm.201303-0609OC - read abstract
(http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/rccm.201303-0609OC#.UqhEjtJdWN8)
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14) The impacts of short-term exposure to noise and traffic-related
air pollution on heart rate variability in young healthy adults
Jing Huang, Furong Deng, Shaowei Wu, Henry Lu, Yu Hao, Xinbiao Guo
Traffic-related air pollution and noise are associated with
cardiovascular diseases, and alternation of heart rate variability
(HRV), which reflects cardiac autonomic function, is one of the
mechanisms. However, few studies considered the impacts of noise when
exploring associations between air pollution and HRV. We conclude that
noise is an important factor influencing the effects of air pollution
on HRV.
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2013) 23,
559–564; doi:10.1038/jes.2013.21 - read abstract
(http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v23/n5/abs/jes201321a.html)
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15) Air pollution exposure prediction approaches used in air pollution
epidemiology studies
Halûk Özkaynak, Lisa K Baxter, Kathie L Dionisio, Janet Burke
Epidemiological studies of the health effects of outdoor air pollution
have traditionally relied upon surrogates of personal exposures, most
commonly ambient concentration measurements from central-site
monitors. However, this approach may introduce exposure prediction
errors and misclassification of exposures for pollutants that are
spatially heterogeneous, such as those associated with traffic
emissions (e.g., carbon monoxide, elemental carbon, nitrogen oxides,
and particulate matter). We review alternative air quality and human
exposure metrics applied in recent air pollution health effect studies
discussed during the International Society of Exposure Science 2011
conference in Baltimore, MD.This paper summarizes the research
projects presented during the symposium
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2013) 23,
566–572; doi:10.1038/jes.2013.15 - read article
(http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v23/n6/full/jes201315a.html)
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16) Childhood Cancer and Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure in
Pregnancy and Early Life
Julia E. Heck, Jun Wu, Christina Lombardi, Jiaheng Qiu, Travis J.
Meyers, Michelle Wilhelm, Myles Cockburn, Beate Ritz
The study estimated weak associations between early exposure to
traffic pollution and several childhood cancers. Because this is the
first study to report on traffic pollution in relation to
retinoblastoma or germ cell tumors, and both cancers are rare, these
findings require replication in other studies.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1306761 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1306761/)
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17) Ambient Air Pollution and Preeclampsia: A Spatiotemporal Analysis
Payam Dadvand, Francesc Figueras, Xavier Basagaña, Rob Beelen, David
Martinez, Marta Cirach, Anna Schembari, Gerard Hoek, Bert Brunekreef,
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
The study observed increased risk of preeclampsia associated with
exposure to fine particulate air pollution. The findings, in
combination with previous evidence suggesting distinct pathogenic
mechanisms for early- and late-onset preeclampsia, support additional
research on this topic.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1206430 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1206430/)
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18) Air Pollution Exposure and Lung Function in Children: The ESCAPE Project
Ulrike Gehring, Olena Gruzieva, Raymond M. Agius, Rob Beelen, Adnan
Custovic, Josef Cyrys, Marloes Eeftens, Claudia Flexeder, Elaine
Fuertes, Joachim Heinrich, Barbara Hoffmann, Johan C. de Jongste,
Marjan Kerkhof, Claudia Klümper, Michal Korek, Anna Mölter, Erica S.
Schultz, Angela Simpson, Dorothea Sugiri, Magnus Svartengren, Andrea
von Berg, Alet H. Wijga, Göran Pershagen, Bert Brunekreef
Exposure to air pollution may result in reduced lung function in
schoolchildren.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1306770 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1306770/)
19) Photochemically Altered Air Pollution Mixtures and Contractile
Parameters in Isolated Murine Hearts before and after Ischemia
Rachel McIntosh-Kastrinsky, David Diaz-Sanchez, Kenneth G. Sexton,
Corey M. Jania, Jose Zavala, Stephen L. Tilley, Ilona Jaspers, M. Ian
Gilmour, Robert B. Devlin, Wayne E. Cascio, Haiyan Tong
Exposure to photochemically altered urban air pollution appears to
affect cardiac mechanics in isolated perfused hearts. Inhalation of
acute multipollutant mixtures decreases LVDP and cardiac contractility
in isolated non-ischemic murine hearts, prolongs ischemic contracture,
increases postischemic recovery of LVDP, and reduces infarct size.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1306609 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1306609/)
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20) Air Pollution and Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic
Status: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Anjum Hajat, Ana V. Diez-Roux, Sara D. Adar, Amy H. Auchincloss, Gina
S. Lovasi, Marie S. O’Neill, Lianne Sheppard, Joel D. Kaufman
The study found statistically significant associations of SES
(socioeconomic status) measures with predicted air pollutant
concentrations, demonstrating the importance of accounting for
neighborhood- and individual-level SES in air pollution health effects
research.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1206337 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1206337/) (http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1206337/)
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21) Small Changes, Big Impact: Exposure to Air Pollution and Reduced
Lung Function in Children
Julia R. Barrett
Based on two earlier studies that investigated exposure at more than
one time point, an association between later lung function and
early-life exposure might have been expected, says Ulrike Gehring, the
study’s lead author and an assistant professor at the Institute for
Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University. However, she also
highlights other evidence that the effects of air pollution on
children’s lung function may be reversible. Although small, the
changes reported in the current study could have a disproportionate
impact on public health, says Gehring. “These small changes result in
a considerable increase in the number of children with a clinically
low lung function. Further, a lower lung function in childhood may
predispose children for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease later in life,” she says.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.121-A341 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/121-A341/)
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22) Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause
mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre
ESCAPE project
Rob Beelen, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Massimo Stafoggia, Zorana Jovanovic
Andersen, Gudrun Weinmayr, Barbara Hoffmann, Kathrin Wolf, Evangelia
Samoli, Paul Fischer, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Prof Paolo Vineis, Wei W
Xun, Klea Katsouyanni, Konstantina Dimakopoulou, Anna Oudin, Bertil
Forsberg, Lars Modig, Aki S Havulinna, Timo Lanki, Anu Turunen, Bente
Oftedal, Wenche Nystad, Per Nafstad, Ulf De Faire, Nancy L Pedersen,
Claes-Göran Östenson, Laura Fratiglioni, Johanna Penell, Michal Korek,
Göran Pershagen, Kirsten Thorup Eriksen, Kim Overvad, Thomas
Ellermann, Marloes Eeftens, Petra H Peeters, Kees Meliefste, Meng
Wang, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Dorothea Sugiri, Ursula Krämer, Joachim
Heinrich, Kees de Hoogh, Timothy Key, Annette Peters, Regina Hampel,
Hans Concin, Gabriele Nagel, Alex Ineichen, Emmanuel Schaffner, Nicole
Probst-Hensch, Nino Künzli, Christian Schindler, Tamara Schikowski,
Martin Adam, Harish Phuleria, Alice Vilier, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,
Christophe Declercq, Sara
Grioni, Vittorio Krogh, Ming-Yi Tsai, Fulvio Ricceri, Carlotta
Sacerdote, Claudia Galassi, Enrica Migliore, Andrea Ranzi, Giulia
Cesaroni, Chiara Badaloni, Francesco Forastiere, Ibon Tamayo, Pilar
Amiano, Miren Dorronsoro, Michail Katsoulis, Antonia Trichopoulou,
Bert Brunekreef, Gerard Hoek
Long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution was associated
with natural-cause mortality, even within concentration ranges well
below the present European annual mean limit value.
The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 9 December 2013,
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62158-3 - read abstract
(http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62158-3/abstract)
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23) Airway inflammation and oxidative potential of air pollutant
particles in a pediatric asthma panel
Ralph J Delfino, Norbert Staimer, Thomas Tjoa, Daniel L Gillen, James
J Schauer, Martin M Shafer
Airborne particulate matter (PM) components from fossil fuel
combustion can induce oxidative stress initiated by reactive oxygen
species (ROS). Reported associations between worsening asthma and
PM2.5 mass could be related to PM oxidative potential to induce airway
oxidative stress and inflammation (hallmarks of asthma pathology).
Findings suggest that future research in oxidative stress-related
illnesses such as asthma and PM exposure would benefit from
assessments of PM oxidative potential and composition.
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2013) 23,
466–473; doi:10.1038/jes.2013.25 - read abstract
(http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v23/n5/abs/jes201325a.html)
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24) Examining the effects of air pollution composition on within
region differences in PM2.5 mortality risk estimates
Lisa K Baxter, Rachelle M Duvall, Jason Sacks
Multi-city population-based epidemiological studies have observed
significant heterogeneity in both the magnitude and direction of
city-specific risk estimates, but tended to focus on regional
differences in PM2.5 mortality risk estimates. Interpreting
differences in risk estimates is complicated by city-to-city
heterogeneity observed within regions due to city-to-city variations
in the PM2.5 composition and the concentration of gaseous pollutants.
We evaluate whether variations in PM2.5 composition and gaseous
pollutant concentrations have a role in explaining the heterogeneity
in PM2.5 mortality risk estimates observed in 27 US cities from 1997
to 2002. The difference in risk estimates between cities in the same
region may be attributed to a group of pollutants, possibly those
related to local sources such as traffic.
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2013) 23,
457–465; doi:10.1038/jes.2012.114 - read abstract
(http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v23/n5/abs/jes2012114a.html)
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25) Oxidative stress of House Sparrow as bioindicator of urban pollution
Amparo Herrera-Dueñas, Javier Pineda, María Teresa Antonio, José I. Aguirre
Air pollution in urban areas constitutes a threat for human health and
wildlife. For this reason the effect of these pollutants on living
organisms must be monitored accurately. Analysis of oxidative stress
generated by exposure to pollutants can be used as a reliable
biomarker; and House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) may be used as an
ecological indicator due to its worldwide distribution, non-migratory
status and its association with anthropic areas. In this study,
several markers of oxidative stress have been evaluated in blood of
House Sparrow using a non-invasive sampling method. Populations from
urban and rural areas with differential pollution levels were
analyzed. Results showed significant differences in two oxidative
stress markers: haemoglobin (Hb) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC),
both lower in urban populations. Environment pollution degree may
affect oxidative stress status of erythrocytes, therefore these
biomarkers could be a useful tool to evaluate the effects of
pollutants on living organisms.
Ecological Indicators, in press - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X13003130)
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26) Residential traffic noise exposure assessment: application and
evaluation of European Environmental Noise Directive maps
Charlotta Eriksson, Mats E Nilsson, Dag Stenkvist, Tom Bellander Göran
Pershagen
Digital noise maps produced according to the European Environmental
Noise Directive (END) could provide valuable exposure information in
noise and health research. However, their usefulness in
epidemiological studies has not been evaluated. The objective of this
study was to apply and evaluate Swedish END maps for assessments of
residential traffic noise exposure. Noise maps based on the END appear
useful for assessing residential traffic noise exposure, particularly
if combined with survey data on dwelling location.
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2013) 23,
531–538; doi:10.1038/jes.2012.60 - read abstract
(http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v23/n5/abs/jes201260a.html)
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