RADs

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Scope

What is the incidence of restricted activity days (RADs) in the general population?

Definition

Rate (age, sex ratio) Context (population size studied, location, date data taken, end-point measured) Definition of end-point Reference
Austria: 2,597,300 total person-days per yr;
France: 3,221,200 person-days/yr;
Switzerland: 3,373,000 person-days/yr
Austria, France, Switzerland, RADs (doesn’t differentiate minor RADs), 1997 [1]
RAD
Estimated attributable proportion = 14.3%
Estimated number of attributable cases = 2 702 461
Turin, Genoa, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples and Palermo (Italy), 1994-1999, health effects as a result of PM10 - health outcomes attributable to air pollution (PM10 concentrations >30 μg/m3) [2]
Media:RRAD_frequency_distribution_Sweden.gif‎ n=4482, Sweden, RRAD Respiratory Related Activity Day = person is affected although not absent from work, as well as those when she is absent [3]

Result

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References

  1. Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment; Lancet, 2000; 356(9232): 785-801
  2. C. Galassi, B. Ostro, F. Forastiere, S. Cattani, M. Martuzzi, R. Bertollini EXPOSURE TO PM10 IN THE EIGHT MAJOR ITALIAN CITIES AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS. ISEE 2000, Buffalo, New York. August 19-22, 2000.
  3. Eva Samakovlis, Anni Huhtala, Tom Bellander and Magnus Svartengren. Air Quality and Morbidity: Concentration-response Relationships for Sweden. Working Paper No. 87, January 2004. Published by The National Institute of Economic Research Stockholm 2004