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Health Issues of Primary School Students Residing in Proximity of an Oil Terminal with Environmental Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds

Residential proximity to industrial sites has been associated with adverse effects on human health. Children are more susceptible to airborne environmental exposure because their immune and respiratory systems are still developing. This study aimed to investigate whether living close to an oil termi...

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Autores principales: Cipolla, Massimo, Bruzzone, Marco, Stagnaro, Emanuele, Ceppi, Marcello, Izzotti, Alberto, Culotta, Claudio, Piccardo, Maria Teresa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27446951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4574138
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author Cipolla, Massimo
Bruzzone, Marco
Stagnaro, Emanuele
Ceppi, Marcello
Izzotti, Alberto
Culotta, Claudio
Piccardo, Maria Teresa
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Bruzzone, Marco
Stagnaro, Emanuele
Ceppi, Marcello
Izzotti, Alberto
Culotta, Claudio
Piccardo, Maria Teresa
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description Residential proximity to industrial sites has been associated with adverse effects on human health. Children are more susceptible to airborne environmental exposure because their immune and respiratory systems are still developing. This study aimed to investigate whether living close to an oil terminal in Genoa where there is higher VOCs exposure is associated with an increased rate of school absenteeism because of disease in primary school children. Five schools were chosen for the recruitment of children and students residing in the industrial site (A) were compared to those living in residential sites (B). Sixty-six of the 407 students involved in the project were also selected for VOC monitoring. Source apportionment was carried out by comparing profiles of VOCs; principal component analysis was performed to study the correlation between profiles, and Kriging interpolation model was used to extend profiles to all participants. The concentration means of total VOCs were significantly higher in the industrial areas compared to controls. Adjusting for potential confounders, children who lived in area A had a significantly higher risk of being absent from school due to sore throat, cough, and cold compared to controls. o-Xylene, which is dispersed during the industrial activity, showed clear evidence of a significant association with respiratory symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-49475092016-07-21 Health Issues of Primary School Students Residing in Proximity of an Oil Terminal with Environmental Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds Cipolla, Massimo Bruzzone, Marco Stagnaro, Emanuele Ceppi, Marcello Izzotti, Alberto Culotta, Claudio Piccardo, Maria Teresa Biomed Res Int Research Article Residential proximity to industrial sites has been associated with adverse effects on human health. Children are more susceptible to airborne environmental exposure because their immune and respiratory systems are still developing. This study aimed to investigate whether living close to an oil terminal in Genoa where there is higher VOCs exposure is associated with an increased rate of school absenteeism because of disease in primary school children. Five schools were chosen for the recruitment of children and students residing in the industrial site (A) were compared to those living in residential sites (B). Sixty-six of the 407 students involved in the project were also selected for VOC monitoring. Source apportionment was carried out by comparing profiles of VOCs; principal component analysis was performed to study the correlation between profiles, and Kriging interpolation model was used to extend profiles to all participants. The concentration means of total VOCs were significantly higher in the industrial areas compared to controls. Adjusting for potential confounders, children who lived in area A had a significantly higher risk of being absent from school due to sore throat, cough, and cold compared to controls. o-Xylene, which is dispersed during the industrial activity, showed clear evidence of a significant association with respiratory symptoms. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4947509/ /pubmed/27446951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4574138 Text en Copyright © 2016 Massimo Cipolla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Piccardo, Maria Teresa
Health Issues of Primary School Students Residing in Proximity of an Oil Terminal with Environmental Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27446951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4574138
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