Short-term air pollution exposure decreases lung function: a repeated measures study in healthy adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Daily changes in ambient concentrations of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and ozone are associated with increased cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality, with the lungs and their function being a vulnerable target.

Methods

To evaluate the association between daily changes in air pollution and lung function in healthy adults we obtained annual lung function measurements from a routine worker health surveillance program not designed for research purposes. Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC and Peak Expiratory flow (PEF) from a cohort of 2449 employees were associated with daily measurements of PM₁₀, NO₂ and ozone at a nearby monitoring station in the North of Belgium. Repeated measur

SUBMITTER: Int Panis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5471732 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature