Impact of air pollution in chronic respiratory symptoms among traffic policemen in Tirana

A. Tabaku, S. Bala, E. Petrela, G. Bejtja, E. Toci, J. Resuli (Tirana, Albania)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Air pollution and other exposures
Session: Air pollution and other exposures
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1085
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
A. Tabaku, S. Bala, E. Petrela, G. Bejtja, E. Toci, J. Resuli (Tirana, Albania). Impact of air pollution in chronic respiratory symptoms among traffic policemen in Tirana. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 1085

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Effect of urban vehicular traffic pollution on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in schoolchildren
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Respiratory epidemiology: genetics and modifiable risk factors
Year: 2011


Respiratory symptoms in children exposed to indoor and outdoor air pollution
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Paediatric airway diseases - pathophysiology and monitoring
Year: 2008


Indoor air pollution and respiratory health in the elderly
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 15S-20S
Year: 2003



Traffic air pollution and prevalence of respiratory symptoms
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Environment and lifestyle: associations with respiratory disease
Year: 2013


Association between air pollution and doctors‘ house visits for respiratory diseases
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - What's new in air pollution from experiments to epidemiology
Year: 2007



Residential traffic and respiratory health in children living in the area of industry-related ambient air pollution
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Epidemiology of atopy and asthma
Year: 2009

Density of truck traffic on residential streets and the impact on asthma and asthma-like symptoms in childhood
Source: International Congress 2016 – Paediatric asthma: lessons learned from studies with large sample sizes and multi-centre drug studies
Year: 2016


Indoor air pollution and respiratory symptoms, and pneumonia in highland children in Kyrgyzstan
Source: International Congress 2017 – Primary ciliary dyskinesia and air pollution
Year: 2017

Connection of air pollution and acute asthma attack in children in Pancevo
Source: International Congress 2019 – Asthma biomarkers, diagnostics and risk factors
Year: 2019

Air pollution sources and respiratory symptoms in an industrial Brazilian city
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Paediatric respiratory epidemiology II: air pollution studies and infectious disease epidemiology
Year: 2008

Late Breaking Abstract: Effects of air pollution on respiratory health: A questionnaire-based investigation of bicycle commuters perceived air pollution exposure and symptoms in Brisbane, Australia
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Indoor air and respiratory disease
Year: 2010


Effect of indoor air pollution on respiratory function of children
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Inflammation and airways
Year: 2009

Indoor endotoxin and respiratory symptoms in urban schoolchildren
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Paediatric epidemiology: predicting outcomes of wheeze, antenatal growth, early life exposures and outcome of premature birth
Year: 2011


Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory health during the first 2 yrs of life
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 19: 690-698
Year: 2002



Air pollution in Tehran – the relation between air pollution and cardio-respiratory diseases
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 461s
Year: 2006

Air pollution and vulnerability of children to respiratory infections
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Paediatric Year in Review
Year: 2013


The prevalence of ventilatory abnormalities and chronic bronchitis among fishermen chronically exposed to indoor air pollution
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Chemical exposures and respiratory effects
Year: 2010

Respiratory health in children exposed to volcanic air pollution
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - The air we breathe indoors and outdoors
Year: 2008


Truck traffic and its impact on respiratory symptoms in Italian schoolchildren
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Epidemiology of paediatric asthma: genes, environment and prognosis
Year: 2007


Short-term exposure to high ambient air pollution aggravates respiratory symptom and lung function in asthma patients in Bejing, China
Source: International Congress 2019 – Chronic cough, a1-antitrypsin deficiency and other conditions
Year: 2019