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AAP Grand Rounds 12:31-32 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

EPIDEMIOLOGY

European Study Attributes One-Third of Total Burden of Childhood Disease to Environmental Factors

Source: Valent F, Little D, Bertollini R, et al. Burden of disease attributable to selected environmental factors and injury among children and adolescents in Europe. Lancet. 2004;363:2032–2039.[Medline]

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The effects on child health of environmental hazards have been of increasing concern. European investigators from multiple institutions collaborated to conduct a meta-analysis of published reports from international agencies to estimate the burden of disease and child and adult mortality attributable to outdoor and indoor air pollution, inadequate water and sanitation, lead exposure, and injuries for children in 3 subregions of Europe. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and/or deaths attributable to each environmental factor were estimated by applying estimates of mortality and burden of disease from World Health Organization data.

Among children 0–4 years, between 1.8% and 6.4% of deaths from all causes were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Daniel R. Neuspiel, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Population Health, Beth Israel Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY