Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Daily Mortality in Katowice Conurbation, Poland

The impact of air pollution on human health is subject to extensive research. most evidence concerns the effect of exposure to airborne Pm and PM 2.5 on daily mortality and hospital admissions. however; less is known about the effects of SO 2 . our study (time-series analysis) investigates the effects of 24-hour concentrations of Pm 10 , SO 2 and nO X on daily mortality over 2001-2002 in 14 cities of the katowice conurbation. Results of the study suggest that SO 2 is the major air pollutant affecting the daily mortality profile in katowice conurbation. sulphur dioxide effect is apparent in relation to both general and cardiovascular or respiratory mortality, particularly in the elderly. The effect of PM 10 concentration is also statistically signifi - cant but only to the general mortality pattern.