Auliciems A, Barnes A
Soc Sci Med. 1987;24(1):51-6. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90139-0.
Particulate pollution levels were found to decrease, on average, over the 10-day period preceding SIDS incidence in a study of 369 cases over 15 years in Brisbane, Australia. This unexpected association could not be explained by correlations between daily pollution levels and daily precipitation, wind velocity, air temperature or cloud. Of the meterological variables studied, which might have given rise to the particulate-SIDS associations, only visibility showed associations with SIDS incidence. Average visibility increased prior to SIDS in both summer and winter cases. It is hypothesised that these findings may be due to either direct effects of light, or due to increased outdoor exposure of infants and/or to changes in parental behaviour during clear weather.
在澳大利亚布里斯班进行的一项为期15年、涉及369例病例的研究中，发现微粒污染水平在婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS）发病前的10天内平均有所下降。这种意外的关联无法用每日污染水平与每日降水量、风速、气温或云量之间的相关性来解释。在所研究的可能导致微粒与婴儿猝死综合征关联的气象变量中，只有能见度与婴儿猝死综合征发病率有关联。夏季和冬季病例在婴儿猝死综合征发生前平均能见度均有所增加。据推测，这些发现可能是由于光照的直接影响，或者是由于婴儿户外活动增加和/或晴朗天气期间父母行为的改变。
