The clinical effects of environmental pollution and climate change on respiratory health is a contemporary debate \nissue. In this study, the sulfur dioxide (SO2\n), particulate matter (PM10\n) levels, and climate conditions in the city of \nIzmir, have been taken together with the patients with asthma or acute bronchiolitis, who admitted to the childrenâ��s \nemergency departments of the four university/education-research hospitals in Izmir. From September 1, 2007 until \nAugust 31, 2008, the 22,467 patients who admitted to these centers because of airway hyperreactivity, were of \nage 3.05�±1.57 on the average, and the male/female ratio was 1.7. Among the patients, 79.3% were having acute \nbronchiolitis, and 20.7% an asthma attack. As SO2\n and PM10\n levels increase, the daily asthma attacks, patients \nwith acute bronchiolitis, and total of patients with hyperactivity, were observed to increase (p<0.001). In addition, \nthe numbers in the following five days after the increase of air pollution rate, were observed to increase statistically \nsignificantly (p<0.001). The number of asthma and acute bronchiolitis patients applying to emergency, was negatively \ncorrelated with daily average temperature, but positively correlated with relative humidity, actual air pressure, and sealevel pressure levels (p<0.001). Reflecting on the increase of asthma and acute bronchiolitis in developed societies, \nthere is a necessity of effective reliefs such as effectively monitoring the within-city air quality, taking the industrial \ncenters out of the city, promoting public transportation, and preserving the natural life.
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