Comparison of child morbidity in regions of Ostrava, Czech Republic, with different degrees of pollution: a retrospective cohort study

0396998 - ÚEM 2014 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Dostál, Miroslav - Pastorková, Anna - Rychlík, Š. - Rychlíková, E. - Švecová, Vlasta - Schallerová, E. - Šrám, Radim
Comparison of child morbidity in regions of Ostrava, Czech Republic, with different degrees of pollution: a retrospective cohort study.
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. Roč. 12, č. 1 (2013), s. 74. E-ISSN 1476-069X
Grant CEP: GA MŽP(CZ) SP/1B3/8/08; GA ČR GA13-13458S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378041
Klíčová slova: air-pollution * respiratory symptoms * birth cohort
Kód oboru RIV: DN - Vliv životního prostředí na zdraví
Impakt faktor: 2.713, rok: 2013

The aim of the study was to confirm or refute the hypothesis that the morbidity of children (since birth to age 5) born an living in the heavily polluted (PM10, benzo[a]pyrene) eastern part of Ostrava, Czech Republic, was higher than the morbidity of children living in cleaner parts of the city. Methods: Ten pediatricians in 5 districts of Ostrava abstracted medical records of 1878 children of Czech ethnicity born in 2001-2004 to list all illnesses of each child in ICD-10 codes. It was found that the children living in the Ostrava-east (highly polluted district – metallurgical an steel plant) had: several times higher incidence of upper respiratory infections, pneumonia, tonsillitis and unspecified viral infections. They also had
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0224687