RESUMEN
The studies were done among the school-children in 3 grammar schools (2 in the industrial and 1 in rural regions). Allergological examination (anamnesis, physical exam and skin prick tests with inhalants) were performed among the pupils suspected of the allergic disorders on the basis of the questionnaire analysis made in all school-children. The results were compared to the environmental air pollution in the school region. The frequency (4.9-7%) and the type of the allergic diseases were similar in all 3 schools. The most frequent allergens were pollen, mites and animal epithelia. In rural region familial predisposition to allergy was 2 times higher in pupils suffering from allergy. 70% of pupils suffering from allergy in the industrial regions had no familial predisposition to allergy.
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Trastornos Respiratorios/epidemiología , Población Rural/estadística & datos numéricos , Enfermedades de la Piel/epidemiología , Población Urbana/estadística & datos numéricos , Alérgenos/aislamiento & purificación , Preescolar , Femenino , Humanos , Hipersensibilidad/complicaciones , Hipersensibilidad/diagnóstico , Hipersensibilidad/epidemiología , Masculino , Polonia/epidemiología , Trastornos Respiratorios/etiología , Enfermedades de la Piel/etiologíaRESUMEN
The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of telephone-guided placement of nicotine air sampling monitors in homes of women with infants. A monitor was mailed to homes in which the mother, her partner, or both were smokers, and a research assistant telephoned the woman and guided her through proper placement of the monitor according to a standard protocol. To assess the success of the guided placement, research assistants visited the homes of 50 women at the end of the two-week air-sampling period. The placement was determined to be correct if the monitor was positioned at least 1 ft from windows, more than 1 ft from the nearest corner of the room, and more than 2 ft from ashtrays. We had a 94% success rate for monitor placement in our study population, and our cost assessment showed that guided placement and removal cost approximately one-tenth the amount of methods requiring research assistants to conduct placements onsite. These results suggest that telephone-guided placement of monitors is an acceptable, inexpensive alternative to onsite placement by research assistants.