An Exposure Appraisal of Outdoor Air Pollution on the Respiratory Well-being of a Developing City Population

Yahaya A. Aliyu; Joel O. Botai

doi:10.2991/j.jegh.2018.04.002

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An Exposure Appraisal of Outdoor Air Pollution on the Respiratory Well-being of a Developing City Population

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Yahaya A. Aliyu¹^{, 2}^{, *}, Joel O. Botai¹^{, 3}

¹Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

²Department of Geomatics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

³South African Weather Service, Erasmusrand, Pretoria, South Africa

^*Corresponding author. Email: u15221408@tuks.co.za

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Yahaya A. Aliyu

Received 27 February 2018, Accepted 5 April 2018, Available Online 31 December 2018.

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Keywords: Air pollution; respiratory health; Zaria
Abstract: Zaria is the educational hub of northern Nigeria. It is a developing city with a pollution level high enough to be ranked amongst the World Health Organization’s (WHO) most polluted cities. The study appraised the influence of outdoor air pollution on the respiratory well-being of a population in a limited resource environment. With the approved ethics, the techniques utilized were: portable pollutant monitors, respiratory health records, WHO AirQ+ software, and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) questionnaire. They were utilized to acquire day-time weighted outdoor pollution levels, health respiratory cases, assumed baseline incidence (BI), and exposure respiratory symptoms among selected study participants respectively. The study revealed an average respiratory illness incidence rate of 607 per 100,000 cases. Findings showed that an average of 2648 cases could have been avoided if the theoretical WHO threshold limit for the particulate matter with diameter of <2.5/10 micron (PM_2.5/PM₁₀) were adhered to. Using the questionnaire survey, phlegm was identified as the predominant respiratory symptom. A regression analysis showed that the criteria pollutant PM_2.5, was the most predominant cause of respiratory symptoms among interviewed respondents. The study logistics revealed that outdoor pollution is significantly associated with respiratory well-being of the study population in Zaria, Nigeria.
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Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue: 8 - 1-2
Pages: 91 - 100
Publication Date: 2018/12/31
ISSN (Online): 2210-6014
ISSN (Print): 2210-6006
DOI: 10.2991/j.jegh.2018.04.002 How to use a DOI?
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