BIOS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Peak Expiratory Flow
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Chapter 31: not in my backyard: an investigation of the health of a community living near a landfill (marcy) (gayatri, 2017) Increased record of odor complaints to the epa, 800 complaints from people living in more than 100 different homes near the wri landfill. Children also had pink eye symptoms but would resolve when they went home (away from the landfill). Epi-aid, our lives count, warren township trustees, ohio dph, local hd and. No case definition but criteria for participating in study: 6+ years old, live/work/school within a 1 mile radius of the landfill, agree to remain in the warren area for 4 weeks, written/parental consent. Those who indicated yes" to two or more adverse pulmonary health questions on the survey were considered to have asthma-like respiratory symptoms (cases) Atsdr (agency for toxic substances and disease registry) was called by the local school board to evaluate ambient air h2s levels.
