ΕΠΙΔΡΑΣΗ ΡΥΠΑΝΣΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΠΝΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ ΓΟΝΕΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΠΝΕΥΣΤΙΚΗ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΩΝ 10-12 ΕΤΩΝ

IN ORDER TO ASSESS POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND PASSIVE SMOKING ON RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN CHILDREN, A CROSS SECTIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYWAS CARRIED OUT IN A POPULATION OF 887 CHILDREN 10-12 YEARS OLD OF ATHENS CITYOF EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION AND 1032 CHILDREN OF SAME AGE, LIVING IN 4 OTHER CITIES IN GREECE WITH VERY LOW LEVELS OF OUTDOOR POLLUTION. ALL CHILDREN WERE INTERVIEWED TO A SINGLE QUESTIONNAIRE REGARDING SMOKING HABITS OF THEIR FAMILY RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND TIME LIVING IN THE CITY AND THEN UNDERWENTAN EXPIRATORY FLOW-VOLUME TEST. A TWO WAYS ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE AND COVARIANCEOF RESULTS WERE PERFORMED. WE FOUND THAT FEV, FVC ABD FVC% PREDICTED WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN CHILDREN LIVING IN THE HIGH POLLUTED AREA (P<0.0001). PASSIVE SMOKING IN ALL TWO LEVELS CONSIDERED WAS NOT FOUND TO INFLUENCE VENTILATORY FUNCTION. WE CONCLUDE THAT THE HIGHLY POLLUTED AIR OF ATHENS ADVERSELY AFFECTS RESPIRATORY FUNCTION OF CHILDREN.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Ioannina

Year dc:date

1989

Authors dc:creator

• Papiris, Spyridon
• Παπίρης, Σπύρος

• Αθήνα
• Αναπνευστική λειτουργία
• Ρύπανση, Ατμοσφαιρική
• Παθητικό κάπνισμα
• Παιδιά
• AIRPOLLUTION
• Athens
• Children
• Passive smoking
• Respiratory function
• Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας
• Κλινική Ιατρική
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Clinical Medicine

Language dc:language

gre

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/1111

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/1111