Impact of ambient temperature on children's health: A systematic review

Xu, Zhiwei; Etzel, Ruth A.; Su, Hong; Huang, Cunrui; Lee, Hyewon; Tong, Shilu

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2012.07.002

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“…The negative coefficient on the winter smog weather dummy, however, is unlikely to be caused by positive effects of cold on health as low temperatures are generally associated with increases in respiratory diseases in children (Xu et al 2012). Hence, the negative effect of winter smog weather might be due to avoidance behaviour.…”

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Air pollution, avoidance behaviour and children's respiratory health: Evidence from England

Janke

2014

Journal of Health Economics

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Despite progress in air pollution control, concerns remain over the health impact of poor air quality. Governments increasingly issue air quality information to enable vulnerable groups to avoid exposure. Avoidance behaviour potentially biases estimates of the health effects of air pollutants. But avoidance behaviour imposes a cost on individuals and therefore may not be taken in all circumstances. This paper exploits panel data at the English local authority level to estimate the relationship between children's daily hospital emergency admissions for respiratory diseases and common air pollutants, while allowing for avoidance behaviour in response to air pollution warnings. A 1% increase in nitrogen dioxide or ozone concentrations increases hospital admissions by 0.1%. For the subset of asthma admissions -where avoidance is less costly -there is evidence of avoidance behaviour. Ignoring avoidance behaviour, however, does not result in statistically significant underestimation of the health effect of air pollution.

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Section: Admissions For All Respiratory Diseases and Symptomsmentioning

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Air pollution, avoidance behaviour and children's respiratory health: Evidence from England

Janke

2014

Journal of Health Economics

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“…We found only two models that covered agroclimatic analysis to evaluate effects on childhood malnutrition (9,26) and one review assessing the impacts of climate change on pregnancy outcomes (27). Earlier reviews have investigated the impact of agricultural interventions or food production and agricultural strategies for improving outcomes in children's nutrition and health (28)(29)(30), the impact of climate change on disability-adjusted life years (31), the impacts of temperature on children's health (32), the health effects of drought (33), and the effects of climate change on crops yields (34).…”

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Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition

Phalkey

Aranda-Jan

Marx

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Malnutrition is a challenge to the health and productivity of populations and is viewed as one of the five largest adverse health impacts of climate change. Nonetheless, systematic evidence quantifying these impacts is currently limited. Our aim was to assess the scientific evidence base for the impact of climate change on childhood undernutrition (particularly stunting) in subsistence farmers in low-and middle-income countries. A systematic review was conducted to identify peer-reviewed and gray full-text documents in English with no limits for year of publication or study design. Fifteen manuscripts were reviewed. Few studies use primary data to investigate the proportion of stunting that can be attributed to climate/ weather variability. Although scattered and limited, current evidence suggests a significant but variable link between weather variables, e.g., rainfall, extreme weather events (floods/droughts), seasonality, and temperature, and childhood stunting at the household level (12 of 15 studies, 80%). In addition, we note that agricultural, socioeconomic, and demographic factors at the household and individual levels also play substantial roles in mediating the nutritional impacts. Comparable interdisciplinary studies based on primary data at a household level are urgently required to guide effective adaptation, particularly for rural subsistence farmers. Systemization of data collection at the global level is indispensable and urgent. We need to assimilate data from long-term, high-quality agricultural, environmental, socioeconomic, health, and demographic surveillance systems and develop robust statistical methods to establish and validate causal links, quantify impacts, and make reliable predictions that can guide evidence-based health interventions in the future.climate change | weather variability | malnutrition | childhood undernutrition | crop yield

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“…Por otro lado, existe evidencia sobre el impacto de factores climáticos en la salud (6,7) . En pediatría es conocido el impacto de la temperatura en la salud infantil (8) ; particularmente en regiones de clima templado el invierno suele asociarse a incremento de las infecciones respiratorias, incluyendo bronquiolitis e influenza (9) . A pesar que es conocida la influencia que el clima puede tener en los niveles de contaminación ambiental (10) , hay menos certeza sobre el impacto de la interacción entre clima y polución ambiental en la salud (11) .…”

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Impacto de la contaminación atmosférica y el clima en las consultas a un departamento de emergencias pediátrico en la ciudad de Buenos Aires

Abrutzky

Torres

Ossorio

et al. 2017

Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba

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Resumen:Objetivo: evaluar el impacto de los contaminantes atmosféricos y el clima en el número de consultas al departamento de emergencias de un hospital pediátrico en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Material y métodos: estudio ecológico utilizando análisis de series temporales con modelos aditivos generalizados (GAM) para el período 2012-2014, analizando cantidad diaria de consultas en función de tres contaminantes del aire: monóxido de carbono (CO), dióxido de nitrógeno (NO 2 ) y material particulado de diámetro menor a 10 micrones (PM 10 ), temperatura diaria, humedad relativa, dirección y velocidad del viento y lluvia, controlando por día de la semana y tendencia de largo plazo. Resultados: las consultas en invierno (286 diarias) fueron significativamente mayores que en las demás estaciones (p<0.0001). La variación en el nivel de contaminación del aire no mostró correlación significativa y consistente con las consultas. La temperatura, humedad relativa, lluvia y viento no resultaron significativas en ninguno de los rezagos analizados. Conclusiones: en esta población y considerando las consultas de emergencia, la contaminación del aire no afecta significativamente el resultado en salud, pero sí lo hacen las epidemias estacionales. Estudios sobre otras variables de salud son necesarios para establecer el impacto de la contaminación del aire sobre la salud infantil en Buenos Aires. Palabras clave: Contaminación del aire; Clima; Medioambiente y salud pública Abstract:Objective: to evaluate the impact of air pollution and weather changes on the number of visits to a pediatric emergency department in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Materials and methods: we designed an ecological time-series study using generalized additive models (GAM) for the period 2012-2014. The outcome variable was the number of daily visits to a pediatric emergency department taking into account daily consultations. The potential predictors were the average daily air pollution levels (carbon monoxide -CO-, nitrogen dioxide -NO 2 -, particulate matter 10 microns or less in diameter -PM 10 -) and weather variables (temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and rainfall) and we controlled by weekday and longtime trend. Results: the number of visits during the winter months (286 daily) was significantly higher than those in the other seasons (p <0.0001). The change in air pollution levels did not show a significant and consistent correlation with the visits. Temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, and wind speed and direction were not significant variables for any of the examined lags. Conclusions: Considering the population and variables of our study, air pollution does not affect the health outcomes, as does seasonal epidemics. Studies that examine other health variables are necessary to establish the impact of air pollution on children's health in Buenos Aires.

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Impact of ambient temperature on children's health: A systematic review

Cited by 249 publications

References 79 publications

Air pollution, avoidance behaviour and children's respiratory health: Evidence from England

Air pollution, avoidance behaviour and children's respiratory health: Evidence from England

Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition

Impacto de la contaminación atmosférica y el clima en las consultas a un departamento de emergencias pediátrico en la ciudad de Buenos Aires

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