Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Respiratory Health in Three Chinese Cities.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

During the winter of 1988-1989, parents of 2,789 elementary-school students completed standardized questionnaires. The students were 5-14 y of age and were from three urban districts and one suburban district of three large Chinese cities. The 4-y average ambient levels of total suspended particles in the three cities differed greatly during the period 1985-1988: Lanzhou, 1,067 [micro]g/[m.sup.3]; urban Wuhan, 406 [micro]g/[m.sup.3]; Guangzhou, 296 [micro]g/[m.sup.3]; and suburban Wuhan, 191 [micro]g/[m.sup.3]. The authors constructed unconditional logistic-regression models to calculate ...

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