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Trace Element Concentrations Measured in A Biomonitor (Tree Bark) for Assessing Mortality and Morbidity of Urban Population: A New Promising Approach for Exploiting the Potential of Public Health Data
Atmosphere ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-24 , DOI: 10.3390/atmos11080783
Giuliana Drava , Giorgia Ailuno , Vincenzo Minganti

The usefulness of bioindicators to study the state of the environment in different compartments (air, water, and soil) has been demonstrated for a long time. All persistent pollutants can be measured in some form of bioindicator, and numerous organisms are suitable for the biomonitoring purpose. In most of the works on this topic, bioindicators are used to highlight the impact of human activities. Generally, samples collected from polluted areas are compared with samples from an area considered as clean, or samples from areas characterized by different pollution sources are compared with each other. An approach that has not been attempted consists in correlating directly data on environmental quality obtained by bioindicators with parameters measuring the population health. In the present study, the concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn measured by atomic emission spectrometry (ICP OES) in 56 samples of holm oak bark from trees located in urban parks and along streets in a Northern Italy city were related to the data describing the health status of the citizens. The concentrations of some of the 10 trace elements in the bioindicator were found significantly correlated with mortality and morbidity data regarding cardiac and respiratory diseases. The results, although preliminary, show the potential of this approach for implementing strategies aimed for disease prevention and health promotion in urban areas at risk, with the objective of reducing environmental and health inequalities.

中文翻译:

在生物监测器(树皮)中测量的痕量元素浓度,以评估城市人口的死亡率和发病率:一种新的有望利用的公共卫生数据方法

长期以来,已经证明了生物指示剂用于研究不同隔室(空气,水和土壤)中的环境状态的有用性。可以使用某种形式的生物指示剂来测量所有持久性污染物,并且许多生物都适合进行生物监测。在有关该主题的大多数作品中,都使用生物指标来强调人类活动的影响。通常,将从污染区域收集的样品与被认为是干净区域的样品进行比较,或者将来自具有不同污染源的区域的样品进行比较。尚未尝试的一种方法是将生物指标获得的环境质量数据与测量人群健康的参数直接关联起来。在本研究中,As,Cd,Co,Cu,Fe,Mn,Ni,Pb,通过原子发射光谱法(ICP OES)在意大利北部城市的公园和沿街道的树木中提取的56个圣栎树皮样品中测得的V和Zn与描述公民健康状况的数据有关。发现生物指示剂中10种微量元素中某些元素的浓度与有关心脏病和呼吸系统疾病的死亡率和发病率数据显着相关。结果虽然是初步的,但显示出该方法在实施旨在在处于危险中的城市地区预防疾病和促进健康的战略,以减少环境和健康不平等为目标的潜力。通过原子发射光谱法(ICP OES)对意大利北部城市中城市公园和沿街道的树木中的56棵圣栎树皮样品中的锌和锌进行了测定,这些数据与描述市民健康状况的数据有关。发现生物指示剂中的10种微量元素中的某些元素的浓度与有关心脏病和呼吸系统疾病的死亡率和发病率数据显着相关。结果虽然是初步的,但显示出该方法在实施旨在在处于危险中的城市地区预防疾病和促进健康的战略,以减少环境和健康不平等为目标的潜力。通过原子发射光谱法(ICP OES)在意大利北部城市城市公园和沿街道的树木中提取的56块圣栎树皮样品中的Zn和Zn与描述公民健康状况的数据有关。发现生物指示剂中10种微量元素中某些元素的浓度与有关心脏病和呼吸系统疾病的死亡率和发病率数据显着相关。结果虽然是初步的,但显示出该方法在实施旨在在处于危险中的城市地区预防疾病和促进健康的战略,以减少环境和健康不平等为目标的潜力。发现生物指示剂中的10种微量元素中的某些元素的浓度与有关心脏病和呼吸系统疾病的死亡率和发病率数据显着相关。结果虽然是初步的,但显示出该方法在实施旨在在处于危险中的城市地区预防疾病和促进健康的战略,以减少环境和健康不平等为目标的潜力。发现生物指示剂中10种微量元素中某些元素的浓度与有关心脏病和呼吸系统疾病的死亡率和发病率数据显着相关。结果虽然是初步的,但显示了这种方法在实施旨在在处于危险中的城市地区预防疾病和促进健康的战略的潜力,目的是减少环境和健康方面的不平等。
更新日期:2020-07-24
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