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| Title |
Meteorologically estimated exposure but not distance predicts asthma symptoms in schoolchildren in the environs of a petrochemical refinery: a cross-sectional study
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| Published in |
Environmental Health, September 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-069x-8-45 |
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| Authors |
Neil White, Jim teWaterNaude, Anita van der Walt, Grant Ravenscroft, Wesley Roberts, Rodney Ehrlich |
| Abstract |
Community concern about asthma prompted an epidemiological study of children living near a petrochemical refinery in Cape Town, South Africa. Because of resource constraints and the complexity of refinery emissions, neither direct environmental measurements nor modelling of airborne pollutants was possible. Instead a meteorologically derived exposure metric was calculated with the refinery as the putative point source. The study aimed to determine whether (1) asthma symptom prevalences were elevated compared to comparable areas in Cape Town and (2) whether there was an association between asthma symptom prevalences and the derived exposure metric. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 105 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 102 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 29% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 16% |
| Researcher | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 20% |
| Unknown | 10 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 18 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 27 | 26% |
| Unknown | 19 | 18% |