Air pollution and respiratory drug use in the city of Como, Italy | Zendy

Ferdinando E. Vegni | Zendy; Beatrice Castelli | Zendy; Francesco Auxilia | Zendy; Paul Wilkinson | Zendy

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Air pollution and respiratory drug use in the city of Como, Italy

Author(s) -

Ferdinando E. Vegni,

Beatrice Castelli,

Francesco Auxilia,

Paul Wilkinson

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.825

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1573-7284

pISSN - 0393-2990

DOI - 10.1007/s10654-005-0243-4

Subject(s) - medicine , air pollution , environmental health , epidemiology , public health , drug , respiratory system , pharmacology , nursing , organic chemistry , chemistry

STUDY OBJECTIVE AND SETTING: Particulate air pollution has a known negative effect on human respiratory health, often studied with hospital admissions, emergency room access, or mortality as health indicators. We evaluate respiratory drug dispensing data as health indicators for the effects of total suspended particles (TSP) air pollution in the city of Como (84,713 inhabitants).

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