Balducci F, Grandamas O, Zmirou D
Laboratoire de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine de Grenoble, La Tronche.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 1995 Dec;43(6):594-603.
The POLAIR software is designed to guide the user along a methodological approach to assess the health consequences of an accidental or chronic point source atmospheric pollution. This article presents the two components of the software, i.e. the gaussian modelization of the pollution contour lines on the territory around the emission source that allows to calculate an exposure index for every individual with a space-time ponderation factor, and the implementation, by using the EPI-INFO software, of a case-control or historical cohort epidemiological study among the population living in the vicinity of the source. Standardized questionnaires for the collection of data in the field are proposed, and the steps of the data analysis are commented upon, on the basis of an illustrative example.
POLAIR软件旨在引导用户采用一种方法来评估意外或慢性点源大气污染对健康的影响。本文介绍了该软件的两个组成部分，即对排放源周围区域污染等高线的高斯建模，该建模允许通过时空加权因子为每个人计算暴露指数；以及利用EPI-INFO软件在源附近居住的人群中开展病例对照或历史性队列流行病学研究。文中提出了用于现场数据收集的标准化问卷，并基于一个示例对数据分析步骤进行了评述。
