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J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

Title:		Geospatial relationships of air pollution and acute asthma events across the Detroit-Windsor international border: study design and preliminary results
Author(s):		Lemke LD; Lamerato LE; Xu X; Booza JC; Reiners JJ; Raymond Iii DM; Villeneuve PJ; Lavigne E; Larkin D; Krouse HJ;
Address:		"Department of Geology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Department of Academic and Student Programs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. School of Nursing, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA. 1] Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [2] Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Issues Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA"
Journal Title:		J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Year:		2014
Volume:		20131113
Issue:		4
Page Number:		346 - 357
DOI:		10.1038/jes.2013.78
ISSN/ISBN:		1559-064X (Electronic) 1559-0631 (Print) 1559-0631 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Geospatial Determinants of Health Outcomes Consortium (GeoDHOC) study investigated ambient air quality across the international border between Detroit, Michigan, USA and Windsor, Ontario, Canada and its association with acute asthma events in 5- to 89-year-old residents of these cities. NO2, SO2, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured at 100 sites, and particulate matter (PM) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at 50 sites during two 2-week sampling periods in 2008 and 2009. Acute asthma event rates across neighborhoods in each city were calculated using emergency room visits and hospitalizations and standardized to the overall age and gender distribution of the population in the two cities combined. Results demonstrate that intra-urban air quality variations are related to adverse respiratory events in both cities. Annual 2008 asthma rates exhibited statistically significant positive correlations with total VOCs and total benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) at 5-digit zip code scale spatial resolution in Detroit. In Windsor, NO2, VOCs, and PM10 concentrations correlated positively with 2008 asthma rates at a similar 3-digit postal forward sortation area scale. The study is limited by its coarse temporal resolution (comparing relatively short term air quality measurements to annual asthma health data) and interpretation of findings is complicated by contrasts in population demographics and health-care delivery systems in Detroit and Windsor"
Keywords:		"Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Air Pollutants/*toxicity Asthma/*chemically induced/epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring/*methods Humans Michigan/epidemiology Middle Aged Ontario/epidemi;"
Notes:		"MedlineLemke, Lawrence D Lamerato, Lois E Xu, Xiaohong Booza, Jason C Reiners, John J Jr Raymond Iii, Delbert M Villeneuve, Paul J Lavigne, Eric Larkin, Dana Krouse, Helene J eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/11/14 J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2014 Jul; 24(4):346-57. doi: 10.1038/jes.2013.78. Epub 2013 Nov 13"