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1、ARTICLEINPRESSEnvironmentalResearch110(2010)278–285ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectEnvironmentalResearchjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/envresAmbientairpollutionandrespiratoryhealtheffectsinmailcarriersa,nbcddA.Karakatsani,F.Kapitsimadis,M.Pipikou,M-C.Chalb
2、ot,I.G.Kavouras,eacD.Orphanidou,S.Papiris,K.Katsouyannia2ndDepartmentofPulmonaryMedicine,‘‘ATTIKON’’UniversityHospital,MedicalSchool,NationalandKapodistrianUniversityofAthens,Athens,GreecebDepartmentofMedicine,HellenicPostOffice,Athens,GreececDepartmentofHygiene,Epidemio
3、logyandMedicalStatistics,MedicalSchool,NationalandKapodistrianUniversityofAthens,GreecedInstituteforEnvironmentalResearchandSustainableDevelopment,NationalObservatoryofAthens,Greecee3rdDepartmentofMedicine,‘‘SOTIRIA’’GeneralHospital,MedicalSchool,NationalandKapodistrian
4、UniversityofAthens,GreecearticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:MailcarriersrepresentanoccupationalgroupsufferingfromrespiratorysymptomsandlungfunctionReceived8May2009impairment.Althoughenvironmentalconditionsmayplayrole,informationontheeffectsofairReceivedinrevisedformpollu
5、tionexposureinthispopulationislacking.9November2009ThepresentstudywasconductedinAthens,Greece,inordertoinvestigatetheadverseeffectsofAccepted18November2009long-termairpollutionexposureonrespiratoryoutcomesinmailcarriers.Availableonline4January2010Atotalof226mailcarriers
6、and73officeemployeeswereenroled.InformationonrespiratoryKeywords:symptoms,medical,occupational,residentialandsmokinghistorywasobtainedthroughaAirpollutionquestionnaire.Flow-volumecurveswereperformedintheworkplaceusingaportablespirometer.MailcarriersIndividualisedpersonal
7、exposureassessmenthasbeenappliedbasedonlong-termresidentialandPM10occupationalsubjecthistorylinkedwithgeographicalairpollutiondistribution.Furthermore,personalRespiratorysymptomsRhinitismeasurementswereobtainedforforty-onemailcarriersusingNO2andO3passivesamplers,assumin
8、gthatcurrentairpollutionexposureissufficientlyrepresentativeoflong-term,previousexposuretomakeaplausiblelinkwit
