Effects respiratoires de la pollution atmospherique dans deux quartiers populaires du grand Tunis enquete en milieu scolaire

ABSTRACT

The involve of industries in the city of Megrine have caused a problem of air pollution in this city. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the air pollution in Megrine on health respiratory of school bodies. Megrine was compared to Ibn Khaldoun city, chosen as a control site. 309 and 592, bodies respectively from Ibn Khaldoun city and Megrine, were include in this study. Every body have to answer to a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms, derived from the British Medical Research Association one. The prevalence of most respiratory symptoms was higher in Megrine compared to Ibn Kaldoun city. The principal differencies were for runing nose [47,9% vs 28,6% p<0,001], chronic cough [32,4% vs 16,3% p<0,001] and wheezing [24,7% vs 13,3% p<0,001]. After adjustement on confounding factors [age. quality of habits, degree of humidity, exposure to pollution result of cooking and passive smoking] the differencies in prevalence respiratory symptoms were also observed