PMID- 18991918
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081203
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1749-6632 (Electronic)
IS  - 0077-8923 (Linking)
VI  - 1140
DP  - 2008 Oct
TI  - Asthma and infectious respiratory disease in relation to residence near hazardous 
      waste sites.
PG  - 201-8
LID - 10.1196/annals.1454.000 [doi]
AB  - The hypothesis that simply living near a hazardous waste site increases risk of 
      exposure to chemicals was tested. Using data from the New York Statewide Planning 
      and Research Cooperative System, which provides information on hospitalized 
      patients, plus information on the location and contents of every known hazardous 
      waste site in New York, the rates of hospitalization for asthma (ICD-9 493), 
      infectious respiratory disease (ICD-9 460-466, 480-487, and 490-491), and Chronic 
      obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (ICD-9 490-492 and 494-496) were determined 
      among individuals who lived in (a) zip codes containing or abutting a hazardous 
      waste site with persistent organic pollutants (POPs), (b) zip codes containing or 
      abutting a hazardous waste site, but not one with POPs, and (c) zip codes that do 
      not contain or abut an identified hazardous waste site. After adjustment for MHI, 
      race, gender and urban or rural residence, there was a significantly elevated 
      risk of asthma (rate ratio (RR) = 1.09), infectious respiratory disease (RR = 
      1.15), and COPD (RR = 1.19) in individuals living in a zip code with a POP waste 
      site, and a significantly elevated risk of asthma (RR = 1.09), infectious 
      respiratory disease (RR = 1.12), and COPD (RR = 1.13) associated with residence 
      in a zip code containing a waste site, but not one with POPs, both relative to 
      residence in a zip code without a waste site. These observations are consistent 
      with the hypothesis that simply living near a hazardous waste site increases risk 
      of exposure to substances that contribute to respiratory disease.
FAU - Carpenter, David O
AU  - Carpenter DO
AD  - Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New 
      York, USA. carpent@uamail.albany.edu
FAU - Ma, Jing
AU  - Ma J
FAU - Lessner, Lawrence
AU  - Lessner L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann N Y Acad Sci
JT  - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
JID - 7506858
RN  - 0 (Dioxins)
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Waste)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Asthma/chemically induced/*diagnosis/*therapy
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Dioxins/chemistry
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hazardous Waste
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Infections/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Organic Chemicals
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Respiration Disorders/chemically induced/epidemiology/*therapy
EDAT- 2008/11/11 09:00
MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00
CRDT- 2008/11/11 09:00
PHST- 2008/11/11 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/11/11 09:00 [entrez]
AID - NYAS1140000 [pii]
AID - 10.1196/annals.1454.000 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Oct;1140:201-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1454.000.