Environmental
and social influences on child health
a) SAVIAH
Study
SAVIAH Study was an
EU-funded multi-centre study assessing the use of small area methods
in air pollution epidemiology. The study was carried out in four
centres: Prague (the Czech Republic), Poznan (Poland), Huddersfield
(UK) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
The main objective
of the study was to evaluate methodologies in the fields of small
area epidemiology, geographical information systems (GIS), air
pollution modelling and biostatistics. GIS can be implemented
relatively easily, and they provide a good tool to study enviromental
exposures. Analyses of Czech and Polish data found that area-based
and individually measured exposures were associated with respiratory
symptoms, and that results depended on level of exposure.
b)
Analysis of birth outcomes
in the Czech Republic
Series
of studies investigating the effect of air pollution on birth
characteristics and infant mortality in the Czech Republic around
the time of the political change in 1989 and in the early 1990s:
- Air pollution and
infant mortality
- Air pollution and
birth weight
- Socioeconomic factors
and infant mortality and birth weight
- Socioeconomic variation
in birth seasonality
c) Health of preschool and school age children
- Socioeconomic factors
and childrens' growth of preschool children
- Air pollution and
childrens' growth
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