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Influence of Urban Forest on Traffic Air Pollution and Children Respiratory Health by Lucas de Oliveira e Almeida; André Favaro; William Raimundo-Costa; Ana Carolina Borella Marfil Anhê; Deusmaque Carneiro Ferreira; Victoria Blanes-Vidal; Ana Paula Milla dos Santos Senhuk is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Influence of Urban Forest on Traffic Air Pollution and Children Respiratory Health about?
This study aimed to assess the air quality, the prevalence of child respiratory morbidity, and the association between them, in urban areas where concentrations of pollutants are expected to be below national limits. The monitoring of PM 10, NO 2 and O 3 was performed in five schools, during 9 months. Information about respiratory diseases and associated symptoms were collected from each student using a questionnaire based on the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. The PM 10 and NO 2 concentrations were higher at points closer to roads and avenues with intense vehicle flow and lower at the point closer to a park, with dense vegetation. All sampling points exceeded the annual limit established by WHO for PM 10 . Some maximum PM 10 concentrations recorded close to the road was six times higher than the international limit. In total, 340 answered questionnaires were collected (68% response rate). Respiratory symptoms such as wheezing, sneezing, running nose, tearing, and itchy eyes had positive and strong correlation to the primary pollutants (0.70 to 0.87), but the frequency of some symptoms was lower close to the urban forest. Therefore, our results confirm the
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- Author
- Lucas de Oliveira e Almeida; André Favaro; William Raimundo-Costa; Ana Carolina Borella Marfil Anhê; Deusmaque Carneiro Ferreira; Victoria Blanes-Vidal; Ana Paula Milla dos Santos Senhuk
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)