Health effects of air pollution due to coal combustion in the Chestnut Ridge region of Pennsylvania
This study used the seventeen monitor air quality network in the Chestnut Ridge region of Pennsylvania to evaluate the effect of pollutant trends and representations on measures of exposure. Data consisted of four and five years of SO/sub 2/ and TSP measurements, respectively, and were considered in deriving exposure models. A cross-sectional study of 4071 children aged 6 to 11 years of age was conducted in the spring of 1979. Standardized children's questionnaires were distributed to the parents and returned by the children to school, where spirometry was performed. The region was divided into low, moderate and high pollution areas on the basis of the 1974-1978, 3 h, 24 h, and annual averages for SO/sub 2/. After adjusting the respiratory symptom response outcomes and the pulmonary function levels for known predictors, no significant association was noted for level of SO/sub 2/. 65 refs., 16 figs., 19 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Energy Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-78EV04968
- OSTI ID:
- 5175538
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EV/04968-T2; MIT-EL-85-008; ON: DE86000215
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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