Comparison of child morbidity in regions of Ostrava, Czech Republic, with different degrees of pollution: a retrospective cohort study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378041%3A_____%2F13%3A00396998" target="_blank" >RIV/68378041:_____/13:00396998 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-74" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-74</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-74" target="_blank" >10.1186/1476-069X-12-74</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Comparison of child morbidity in regions of Ostrava, Czech Republic, with different degrees of pollution: a retrospective cohort study
Original language description
The aim of the study was to confirm or refute the hypothesis that the morbidity of children (since birth to age 5) born an living in the heavily polluted (PM10, benzo[a]pyrene) eastern part of Ostrava, Czech Republic, was higher than the morbidity of children living in cleaner parts of the city. Methods: Ten pediatricians in 5 districts of Ostrava abstracted medical records of 1878 children of Czech ethnicity born in 2001-2004 to list all illnesses of each child in ICD-10 codes. It was found that the children living in the Ostrava-east (highly polluted district ? metallurgical an steel plant) had: several times higher incidence of upper respiratory infections, pneumonia, tonsillitis and unspecified viral infections. They also had
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DN - Environmental impact on health
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-13458S" target="_blank" >GA13-13458S: Impact of air pollution to genome of newborns</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
ISSN
1476-069X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000324145900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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