Kratko priopćenje
The Effect of Air Pollution on Ventilatory Function in Nonsmoking women
Vilma Matković
Nada Matković
Ivica Kontošić
Anto Jonjić
Vjera Matković
Sažetak
This study investigated disorders of ventilatory function in unemployed nonsmoking women living in areas with different air pollution. Subjects from Bakar and Krasica had lived in areas with large industrial plants in the vicinity. Continuous air quality measurements showed that SO2 concentrations exceeded the recommended values. The control group had lived in the Viškovo area where measurements showed the air to be clean. Ventilatory functions were measured on two occasions, in 1986 and in 1990. FVC, FEV1, Tiffeneau index, and FMF25–75 were taken and expressed as absolute and relative values. In both 1986 and 1990 measurements, women of Viškovo manifested significantly better values of ventilatory function than the women living in Bakar, save for the Tiffeneau index. The same stands for the 1986 comparison between Viškovo and Krasica women, whereas the second, 1990 measurement showed no difference between the two groups. Decreased ventilatory function in the Bakar women over both measurements and in the Krasica women at the first measurement may be associated with a long-term exposure to an increased air pollution with respect to the Viškovo area. Direct effect of smoking or profession were excluded from the study design.
Ključne riječi
air pollution; environmental exposure; follow-up; forced expiratory volumes; nonsmoking women; sulphur dioxide concentrations; ventilatory function
Hrčak ID:
3318
URI
Datum izdavanja:
7.10.1998.
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