Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Remziye Tanaç

Publications

• Research Article
  Effects of Air Quality and Climate Change on Airway Hyperreactivity in Children (A Multi-Centered Study)
  Author(s): Esen Demir, Levent Midyat, Demet Can, Ali Kanık, Nevin Uzuner, Figen Gülen, Nejat Aksu, Duygu Ölmez, Suna Asilsoy, Arzu Babayigit, Eylem Ulas Saz and Remziye TanaçEsen Demir, Levent Midyat, Demet Can, Ali Kanık, Nevin Uzuner, Figen Gülen, Nejat Aksu, Duygu Ölmez, Suna Asilsoy, Arzu Babayigit, Eylem Ulas Saz and Remziye Tanaç
  
  The clinical effects of environmental pollution and climate change on respiratory health is a contemporary debate issue. In this study, the sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), particulate matter (PM 10 ) levels, and climate conditions in the city of Izmir, have been taken together with the patients with asthma or acute bronchiolitis, who admitted to the children’s emergency departments of the four university/education-research hospitals in Izmir. From September 1, 2007 until August 31, 2008, the 22,467 patients who admitted to these centers because of airway hyperreactivity, were of age 3.05±1.57 on the average, and the male/female ratio was 1.7. Among the patients, 79.3% were having acute bronchiolitis, and 20.7% an asthma attack. As SO 2 and PM 10 levels increase, the daily asthma attacks, patients with ac.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000105

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