Effect of Pollutant Exposure Ambient Air in Childhood and Adulthood

摘要

The study explored multivariate modeling to describe the relationship between respiratory health and ambient air pollution in three Los Angeles communities using data of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function collected for the UCLA Population Studies of Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Disease. The modeling approach focused on adult non-commuting females whose ambient air exposures were best represented by air quality monitoring stations in the community of residence. Multivariate analysis did not provide a clear model which improved on earlier analyses based upon residence. Effects of birthplace or current abnormal respiratory health as indicators or potential 'susceptibility' to air pollution were not identified. The results were judged indicative of limits in the data available for estimating ambient air exposures for individual study subjects.