scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION WITH DUST TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PARTICLE FRACTION COMPOSITION AS A HEALTH RISK FACTOR FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN AN INDUSTRIAL TERRITORY

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Svetlana Klein ◽  
Sergei Zagorodnov ◽  
Kokoulina Anastasiya ◽  
Ekaterina Popova ◽  
Vladimir Novoselov
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Particle Fraction ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Fraction Composition ◽  
Health Risk Factor

scholarly journals Air pollution: the emergence of a major global health risk factor

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 417-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Boogaard ◽  
Katherine Walker ◽  
Aaron J Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Health Risk Factor

Abstract Air pollution is now recognized by governments, international institutions and civil society as a major global public health risk factor. This is the result of the remarkable growth of scientific knowledge enabled by advances in epidemiology and exposure assessment. There is now a broad scientific consensus that exposure to air pollution increases mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular and respiratory disease and lung cancer and shortens life expectancy. Although air pollution has markedly declined in high-income countries, it was still responsible for some 4.9 million deaths in 2017, largely in low- and middle-income countries, where air pollution has increased over the past 25 y. As governments act to reduce air pollution there is a continuing need for research to strengthen the evidence on disease risk at very low and very high levels of air pollution, identify the air pollution sources most responsible for disease burden and assess the public health effectiveness of actions taken to improve air quality.

scholarly journals Overuse of Medical Tests: A New Health Risk Factor?

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Martins
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Practice Patterns ◽  
Medical Overuse ◽  
Risk Reduction Behavior ◽  
Reduction Behavior ◽  
Medical Tests ◽  
Health Risk Factor

Keywords: Medical Overuse; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior.

scholarly journals HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RISK FACTORS FOR POPULATION OF MEGAPOLISIS’SATELLITE TOWNS BY THE EXAMPLE OF LENINGRAD REGION

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (7) ◽  
pp. 614-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Fedorov ◽  
E. V. Zibarev ◽  
Yu. A. Novikova ◽  
A. A. Kovshov ◽  
K. B. Fridman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Morbidity Rate ◽  
Leningrad Region ◽  
Industrial Emissions ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Atmospheric Air ◽  
Motor Transport ◽  
Industrial Enterprises

Minor towns with population size of 50-100 thousand people are much rarely studied in regards of the ecological-hygienic assessment of human environment, in spite of the fact that they are characterized by specific ecological problems. The objective of the study was the hygienic assessment of the impact of urban environment on population health status in Tikhvin and Gatchina towns of the Leningrad region. Morbidity rate in the population of Tikhvin and Gatchina in 2005-2015, atmospheric emissions of industrial enterprises, findings on monitoring for both atmospheric air pollution and centralized drinking water supply, as well as motor transport noise levels were studied. Population health risk stipulated by industrial emissions and noise exposure was calculated. Statistical data treatment with correlation analysis of the relationship between environmental pollution indices and population morbidity was carried out. The study revealed increased atmospheric air pollutant concentrations in Gatchina, which might be connected with motor transport effect. Acute non-carcinogenic risk levels resulting from air pollutants are on the borderline of the admissible level, while in Tikhvin town those values are significantly lower. Estimated concentrations of atmospheric pollutants produced by industrial emissions are by 1.5-2 times lower than the actual levels shown by monitoring. Noise levels and predicted health risks in Gatchina are on the borderline of the admissible level, while in Tikhvin they are significantly reduced. The statistically significant gain in the general primary morbidity rate indices due to respiratory diseases in Gatchina town, correlated with atmospheric air pollution, was revealed. Our study showed that despite the presence of large industrial enterprises in studied towns, motor transport proved to be the key factor that forms air pollution and noise load, more typical of large cities.

Pesticide Contamination and Human Health Risk Factor

2017 ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngangbam Sarat Singh ◽  
Ranju Sharma ◽  
Talat Parween ◽  
P. K. Patanjali
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Pesticide Contamination ◽  
Health Risk Factor

Tobacco as Global Health Risk Factor

2021 ◽  
pp. 617-677
Author(s):  
Douglas Bettcher ◽  
Juliette McHardy ◽  
Hebe Gouda ◽  
Ranti Fayokun
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Factor

Injuries as Global Health Risk Factor

2021 ◽  
pp. 823-854
Author(s):  
Jagnoor Jagnoor ◽  
Margie Peden
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Factor

High BMI: an important health risk factor among older adults in Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
E Yorke ◽  
J Tetteh ◽  
Vincent Boima ◽  
AE Yawson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Risk Factor ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Objective: We examined BMI as a health risk factor for self-reported diabetes mellitus, angina, strokes and arthritis among older Ghanaians aged 50 years and above. Design: We analysed the individual-level data from the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health Ghana Wave 2 (2014/2015). The influence of BMI on self-reported chronic conditions including diabetes, angina, stroke and arthritis was examined. Setting: Households from all the administrative regions of Ghana. Participants: Included 3350 adults aged 50 years and older. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among participants was 22·8 % (95 % CI 20·6, 25·2) and 13·2 %, respectively (95 % CI 11·5, 15·1). With respect to individual chronic conditions, arthritis emerged with the highest prevalence rate of 7·3 (95 % CI 5·3, 9·9), while the prevalence rate of diabetes, angina and stroke was 2·8 % (95 % CI 2·0, 3·9), 1·7 % (95 % CI 1·1, 2·6) and 1·3 % (95 % CI 1·0, 1·8), respectively. The risk of diabetes among overweight and obesity was over three and two times, respectively, higher compared with participants with normal weights. Overweight and obesity were significantly more than two and three times likely to experience angina, respectively, compared with participants with normal weight. Obesity significantly influences arthritis with approximately two times increased odds compared with normal weight participants. Conclusion: Prevalence of obesity and overweight in Ghana is high and increasing, which poses a health risk at the individual and population levels. Inter-sectorial and multidisciplinary measures in line with the national non-communicable disease policies aimed at curbing this trend are imperative.

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