Author/Editor		Stanković, Aleksandra; Nikić, Dragana; Nikolić, Maja; Bogdanović, Dragan; Stošić, Ljiljana; Milutinović, Suzana; Radulović, Olivera
Title		Air pollution and respiratory symptoms in the female population
Translated title		Onesnaženost zraka in simptomi v dihalih pri ženski populaciji
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 46, št. 2
Publication year		2007
Volume		str. 47-54
Language		eng
Abstract		The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between the exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollutants and respiratory health of women. Outdoor concentrations of sulphur dioxide and black smoke were studied during the period 2000 - 2004, in residential and suburban areas of the city of Niš, Serbia. The study population comprised 653 women, aged 33.87 ± 3.0 years. Data on respiratory symptoms, diseases and exposure to indoor air pollutants (passive smoking and smoke of combustion products) were collected using a questionnaire. Women living in the residential area showed a significantly higher prevalence of all respiratory symptoms. Also, a positive correlation was found between cough, congestion and bronchitis, and exposure to passive smoking. There was no statistical difference in respiratory symptoms between women exposed to combustion products compared to unexposed women.
Summary		V raziskavi so želeli ugotoviti povezanost med onesnaženostjo zunanjega in notranjega zraka in boleznimi dihal pri ženskah. V obdobju od 2000 do 2004 so merili koncentracije žveplovega dioksida in črnega dima v zraku, in sicer v stanovanjskem in v predmestnem predelu Niša v Srbiji. V študijo je bilo zajetih 653 žensk, starih 33.87 ± 3.0 let. Podatke o simptomih in boleznih dihal rer o izpostavljenosti onesnaževalcem v zunanjem in notranjem zraku (tobačni dim, pasivno kajenje in dim iz gorljivih materialov) so zbirali s pomočjo vprašalnika. Pri ženskah v stanovanjski soseski so ugotovili statistično značilno večjo pogostnost simptomov v dihalih. Našli so tudi pozitivno korelacijo med pojavi kašlja, kongestije in bronhitisa in pasivnim kajenjem. Pri ženskah, izpostavljenih dimu gorljivih materialov, niso ugotovili statistično značilno več dihalnih težav kot pri ženskah, ki temu dimu niso izpostavljene.
Descriptors		AIR POLLUTANTS ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE SULFUR DIOXIDE SMOKE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR SMOKE TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION