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dc.contributor.author | Middleton, Nicos | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kolokotroni, Ourania | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lamnisos, Demetris | - |
dc.contributor.author | Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nicolaou, Christiana | - |
dc.contributor.author | Koutrakis, Petros | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yiallouros, Panayiotis Κ. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-22T09:50:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-22T09:50:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, AK | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/8833 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In contrast to the large body of literature on traffic pollution, there is only a handful of studies on the respiratory health of children in the vicinity of power plants, even though the energy industry is the main contributor to outdoor air pollution. METHODS: Based on responses to the ISAAC questionnaire of 5,817 15-17 year-old participants in a nationwide survey, we investigated: active asthma (i.e. report of asthma and wheeze and/or night time cough unrelated to colds in the past 12 months), inactive asthma and respiratory symptoms without a diagnosis in the vicinity of power plants in relation to the rest of the island. Associations in terms of GIS-calculated distance of the participants’ community to any of the three power plants were investigated in logistic models before and after adjusting for potential confounders. RESULTS: At 7.4% (95% CI: 4.5,11.3), the prevalence of active asthma at 5km from power plants appeared elevated compared to national levels, but any effect appeared restricted to the 5km-zone. Compared to >30 km away, those in the vicinity of power plants were nearly twice as likely to report active asthma with an adjusted OR of 1.83 95%CI (1.03, 3.24). No clear pattern was observed for inactive asthma while the OR of respiratory symptoms in the absence of diagnosis was 0.76 (95% CI: 0.58, 1.01), suggesting, if not diagnostic or reporting bias, an increased likelihood for symptomatic children to receive a diagnosis after more frequent or severe attacks. CONCLUSIONS: Higher prevalence of active asthma was observed in the vicinity of power plants, with no evidence of a distance-response relationship. Due to the small size of these communities, this corresponds to a small fraction of active asthma attributable to plant emissions but raises questions about environmental justice since the most affected communities are also socio-economically disadvantaged. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Asthma | en_US |
dc.subject | Children | en_US |
dc.subject | Health | en_US |
dc.title | Higher prevalence of active asthma among 15-17 year-old Greek-Cypriots in socio-economically deprived communities in the vicinity of power plants: results of a nationwide survey In Cyprus | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Papers | en_US |
dc.link | https://wce.confex.com/wce/2014/webprogram/Paper2836.html | en_US |
dc.collaboration | Cyprus University of Technology | en_US |
dc.collaboration | Harvard University | en_US |
dc.subject.category | Clinical Medicine | en_US |
dc.country | Cyprus | en_US |
dc.country | United States | en_US |
dc.subject.field | Medical and Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.dept.handle | 123456789/118 | en |
cut.common.academicyear | empty | en_US |
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item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.grantfulltext | none | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_c94f | - |
item.openairetype | conferenceObject | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Department of Nursing | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-6358-8591 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-7653-002X | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-7439-1492 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0001-8923-7888 | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Faculty of Health Sciences | - |
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