Nejvíce citovaný článek - PubMed ID 29299013
Between 'Pioneers' of the Cardiovascular Revolution and Its 'Late Followers': Mortality Changes in the Czech Republic and Poland Since 1968
Thirty years ago, Northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic was one of the most air polluted areas in Europe. After political changes, the Czech government put forward a research program to determine if air pollution is really affecting human health. This program, later called the "Teplice Program", was initiated in collaboration with scientists from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). This cooperation made possible the use of methods on the contemporary level. The very high concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in the air showed, for the first time, the impact of air pollutants on the health of the population in mining districts: adverse pregnancy outcomes, the impact of air pollution on sperm morphology, learning disabilities in children, and respiratory morbidity in preschool children. A surprising result came from the distribution of the sources of pollution: 70% of PM10 pollution came from local heating and not from power plants as expected. Thanks to this result, the Czech government supported changes in local heating from brown coal to natural gas. This change substantially decreased SO2 and PM10 pollution and affected mortality, especially cardiovascular mortality.
- Klíčová slova
- DNA adducts, PAHs, PM2.5, SO2, air pollution, mortality, neurobehavioral changes, pregnancy outcome, sperm abnormalities,
- MeSH
- látky znečišťující vzduch * analýza MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- pevné částice analýza MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- zdraví MeSH
- znečištění ovzduší * analýza MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
- Evropa MeSH
- Názvy látek
- látky znečišťující vzduch * MeSH
- pevné částice MeSH
This article investigates the health outcomes and determinants between two different European populations, Portuguese and Czech, on two hierarchical levels: country and metropolitan area. At first, the decomposition method of age and cause of death were compared on the country level, and then health was examined based on a factor analysis at the municipality level of Prague and Lisbon. The results clearly indicate problematic diabetes mortality among the Portuguese population, and especially in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, and confirm the dominant role of circulatory mortality and cancer mortality among Czech, especially the Prague population. The social and economic deprivations were revealed as the major drivers for both metropolitan areas, although with differences between them, requiring interventions that go beyond the health sector.
- Klíčová slova
- Czechia, Portugal, health determinants, health inequalities, health outcomes, population health,
- MeSH
- chudoba MeSH
- diabetes mellitus epidemiologie MeSH
- disparity zdravotního stavu * MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- kardiovaskulární nemoci epidemiologie MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- nádory epidemiologie MeSH
- novorozenec MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- socioekonomické faktory MeSH
- velkoměsta MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- novorozenec MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- srovnávací studie MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika epidemiologie MeSH
- Portugalsko epidemiologie MeSH
- velkoměsta MeSH