Health Impacts of Air Pollution on Morbidity and Mortality Among Children of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Abstract

iii Acknowledgments iv List of Tables vi List of Figures viii 1 Background 1 2 Project Goals and Objectives 1 2.1 Project goal 1 2.2 Overall objective 2 2.3 Specific objectives 2 3 Methods 2 3.1 Study population 3 3.2 Health impact assessment 3 3.2.1 Health database development 3 3.2.1.1 Mortality data: Death certificates 3 3.2.1.2 Morbidity data: Data on emergency visits 4 3.2.2 Exposure database development 5 3.2.2.1 Sources of air pollution data 5 3.2.2.2 Preparation of databases 5 3.2.3 Statistical analyses 6 3.2.3.1 Mortality 6 3.2.3.1 Morbidity 7 4 Results 7 4.1 Descriptive results 7 4.1.1 Mortality data 7 4.1.2 Morbidity data 8 4.1.3 Air pollutants and climatic variables 8 4.2 Associations between ambient air pollutants and health 8 4.2.1 Mortality 9 4.2.1.1 Health effects of ozone 9 4.2.1.2 Health effects of PM10 9 4.2.2 Morbidity 9 4.2.2.1 Health effects of ozone 9 4.2.2.2 Health effects of PM10 10 5 Discussion 11 6 Conclusion 13 References 14 Tables 16