Road traffic noise affects a large number of people, especially in urban areas and is generally a major source of complaints. This paper refers to a study of the problem of traffic noise on roads which have been transformed into streets in the city of Erzurum. Noise levels are measured and the impacts suffered by the community are documented. Manual noise measurements were made along 12 streets...

This paper investigates aspects of time in an urban environment, specifically the cycles and routines that constitute everyday life in the inner city. As part of the UrbanDiary project (urbantick.blogspot.com), a preliminary study was undertaken that utilised GPS wristwatch devices to record the individual journeys and spatial habits of twenty volunteers, in order to capture and trace their liv...

Most published environmental remediation interventions have been directed at single allergens and have employed demanding strategies; few have been performed in the homes of inner-city children disproportionately burdened by asthma. Our objective was a) to describe the allergen sensitivities, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure, and home environmental characteristics of a national sample...

BACKGROUND Airborne mouse allergen has not previously been measured in inner-city homes, and its relationship to settled dust mouse allergen levels is unknown. OBJECTIVE To quantify airborne and settled dust Mus m 1 levels in homes of inner-city patients with asthma and to identify risk factors for mouse allergen exposure. METHODS One hundred inner-city school-age children with asthma in Ba...

PURPOSE To examine associations between myopia and measures of urbanization in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian children. METHODS Questionnaire data on sociodemographic and environmental factors including ethnicity, parental education, and time spent in near work and outdoor activities were collected from 2367 children (75.0% response) and their parents. Population density ...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic disparities in the use of prenatal care (PNC) exist even where care is universally available and publicly funded. Few studies have sought the perspectives of health care providers to understand and address this problem. The purpose of this study was to elicit the experiential knowledge of PNC providers in inner-city Winnipeg, Canada regarding their perceptions of the ba...

Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood and its prevalence is increasing, causing much concern for identification of risk factors such as air pollution. We previously conducted a study showing a relationship between asthma visits in all persons < 65 years of age to emergency departments (EDs) and air pollution in Seattle, Washington. In that study the most frequent zip codes of t...

BACKGROUND Asthma-associated morbidity is rising, especially in inner city children. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the allergen sensitivities, allergen exposures, and associated morbidity for participants in the Inner City Asthma Study. We also determined geographic variations of indoor allergen levels. METHODS Nine hundred thirty-seven inner city children 5 to 11 years old with moderate to severe...

OBJECTIVES To determine 1) the frequency of missed vaccine opportunities (VOs) in inner city children </=3 years of age; 2) whether the recommended vaccine(s) were given within 6 months of the missed opportunity (MO); 3) whether these vaccinations were age-appropriate according to the guidelines of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; and 4) variables associated with MOs. DESIGN ...