Health impact of air pollution to children

0395198 - ÚEM 2014 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Šrám, Radim - Binková, B. - Dostál, Miroslav - Merkerová-Dostálová, M. - Líbalová, Helena - Milcová, Alena - Rössner ml., Pavel - Rössnerová, Andrea - Schmuczerová, Jana - Švecová, Vlasta - Topinka, Jan - Votavová, H.
Health impact of air pollution to children.
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. Roč. 216, č. 5 (2013), s. 533-540. ISSN 1438-4639. E-ISSN 1618-131X
R&D Projects: GA MŽP(CZ) SP/1B3/8/08; GA MŠMT 2B08005; GA ČR GAP503/11/0084; GA ČR GAP503/11/0142
Institutional support: RVO:68378041
Keywords : PM2.5 * carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons * pregnancy outcome
Subject RIV: DN - Health Impact of the Environment Quality
Impact factor: 3.276, year: 2013

The review summarizes the results of our research projects studying the health impact of air pollution to children over the last twenty years in heavily polluted parts of the Czech Republic (Teplice district in Northern Bohemia, Ostrava region in Northern Moravia-Silesia). These studies demonstrate that air pollution significantly affect child health. Especially noticeable is the increase of respiratory morbidity. The spectrum of diseases and functional changes induced by air pollution in children is more varied that we expected, e.g. two decades ago. We should also realized that the impact of induced changes do not affect only the exposed child, but is transferred through gametes to next generation.
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