Publication: Particulate Air Pollution and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms among Traffic Policemen in Bangkok
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2003-04-01
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00039896
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Mahidol University
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Archives of Environmental Health. Vol.58, No.4 (2003), 201-207
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Kenji Tamura, Wanida Jinsart, Eiji Yano, Kanae Karita, Doungrutai Boudoung Particulate Air Pollution and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms among Traffic Policemen in Bangkok. Archives of Environmental Health. Vol.58, No.4 (2003), 201-207. doi:10.3200/AEOH.58.4.201-207 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20852
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Particulate Air Pollution and Chronic Respiratory Symptoms among Traffic Policemen in Bangkok
Abstract
In this cross-sectional study, the authors examined the relationship between traffic-based air pollution and chronic, nonspecific respiratory symptoms among traffic policemen in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 1,603 policemen who lived and worked in areas that had 3 different levels of airborne particulates were evaluated. The authors used a modified standardized questionnaire to identify nonspecific respiratory disease (NSRD) in participants. The prevalence of NSRD in heavily polluted, moderately polluted, and suburban areas was 13.0%, 10.9%, and 9.4%, respectively. Among nonsmokers, the age-adjusted prevalence of NSRD in the heavily polluted areas was significantly higher than in the suburban control area. Also among nonsmokers, the odds ratio for NSRD for each 10-μg/m3increase in ambient particulate matter was 1.11. The authors concluded that the increased prevalence of respiratory symptoms among traffic policemen in Bangkok was associated with urban traffic air pollution.
