Naslov
INFLUENCE OF POLLUTED AIR ON HUMAN HEALTH IN SLAVONSKI BROD (CROATIA)

Autori
Cvitković, Ante ; Barišin, Andreja ; Ivić-Hofman, Igor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
51st Days of Preventive Medicine / Kocić, Branislava - Niš, 2017, 125-125

ISBN
978-86-915991-7-1

Skup
51st Days of Preventive Medicine

Mjesto i datum
Niš, Srbija, 26.09.2017. - 29.09.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
air pollution, health, Slavonski Brod

Sažetak
Objectives: Air in Slavonski Brod is in the second category regarding PM2, 5, PM10 and H2S. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the correlation air quality data with the number of emergency medical interventions and the number of patient visits to emergency clinic of the Integrated Emergency Hospital Admission as well as to analyse the quality of life in exposed areas of Slavonski Brod. Materials and methods: The analysis was conducted on data from 1 January to 31 August 2016, obtained from: System eHitna, patients' visit to General Hospital data from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding air quality. Research included the total of 630 of examinees (333 polls from more exposed area and 297 polls from less exposed area). Results: Examinees from more exposed areas evaluated their quality of life significantly worse, often consider their environment unhealthy, think polluted air harms their health, assess movements outside their homes worse and significantly are irritated by the unpleasant smell, soot or smoke, smog, dust. There was a statistically significant weak correlation (rS =0.333, p<.05) between PM2.5 and the number of patients per day, weak correlation (rS =0.334, p<.05) between PM10 and the number of patients per day and a weak correlation (rS =0.171, p<.05) between H2S and the number of patients per day. Conclusion: Further researches on influence of polluted air on human health are necessary.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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