PULMONARY FUNCTION AND EXHALED CARBON MONOXIDE IN HEALTHY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN SUEZ GOVERNORATE
Asmaa Abd EL-Monem Afify Hasan;
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ir pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. World scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children and infants are among the most susceptible to many of the air pollutants.
This study was a cross-sectional study aimed to study dynamic lung volumes via spirometry and exhaled carbon monoxide as non-invasive sensitive approach to monitor airway inflammation in the lungs of apparently healthy school children in Suez Governorate as an air polluted site.
Location of study "Suez Governorates" was chosen because it is considered one of the important industrial centers in Egypt; there are Petroleum refining industries, Fertilizers, Cement and Steel industry, so Suez Governorates is actually air polluted with different industries which already present inside the Governorates.
The present study was carried out on six hundred children at primary schools in Suez Governorate, this big number of children is important for including different ages, social classes and different residence to obtain the most accurate results that actually represent the reality of the city.
Ages of children ranged between 6 to 13 years old and the mean age was 9 years +1.86, where NO. of females 335 representing 55.8% & NO. of males 265 representing 44.2%, with Male: female ratio was 1:1.3.
ir pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. World scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children and infants are among the most susceptible to many of the air pollutants.
This study was a cross-sectional study aimed to study dynamic lung volumes via spirometry and exhaled carbon monoxide as non-invasive sensitive approach to monitor airway inflammation in the lungs of apparently healthy school children in Suez Governorate as an air polluted site.
Location of study "Suez Governorates" was chosen because it is considered one of the important industrial centers in Egypt; there are Petroleum refining industries, Fertilizers, Cement and Steel industry, so Suez Governorates is actually air polluted with different industries which already present inside the Governorates.
The present study was carried out on six hundred children at primary schools in Suez Governorate, this big number of children is important for including different ages, social classes and different residence to obtain the most accurate results that actually represent the reality of the city.
Ages of children ranged between 6 to 13 years old and the mean age was 9 years +1.86, where NO. of females 335 representing 55.8% & NO. of males 265 representing 44.2%, with Male: female ratio was 1:1.3.
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| Title | PULMONARY FUNCTION AND EXHALED CARBON MONOXIDE IN HEALTHY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN SUEZ GOVERNORATE | Other Titles | دراسة لوظائف الرئة وأول أكسيد الكربون في هواء الزفير لدى التلاميذ الأصحاء قاطني مدينة السويس | Authors | Asmaa Abd EL-Monem Afify Hasan | Issue Date | 2014 |
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