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HKO289OO8 ~452 5 AIR POLLUTI0~; AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERIENTIA SUPPL 20 CO): 55-60; 1974 TODOROVIC, P p_~J. IN A STUDY INVESTIGATING AiR POLLUTION I.EVEL$ RESULTING FROM AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST~ THE EFFECT OF AIR POLLUTION ON BLOOD CAR- BON MONOXIDE OF CIGARETTE SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS IS EXAMINED, THIS STUDY WAS PROMPTED BY THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AIR POLLU- TION AND THE GREAT NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN URBAN YUGOSLAVIA., AIR CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) AND NITROGEN OXIDES LEVELS HERI~ MEASURED AT FIVE SELECTED CROSSROADS OF BELGRADEj YUGOSLAVIAJ AND AIR C0 WAS MEASURED INSIDE THE CABIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AS IT JOURNEYED FROM THE SUBURBS INTO BELGRADE~ YUGOSLAVIA, BLOOD C0 AND METHEMOGLOBIN WERE MEASURED IN NONSMOKING AND SMOKING TRAFFIC POLICEMEN AND IN A GROUP OF TEN BUS DRIVERS, AIR POLLUTION LEVELS AT THE SELECTED CROSSROADS WERE EX- TREMELY HIGH, AT C0 CONCENTRATIONS OF 30-40 MG/M3s BLOOD CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS WERE 3,8-6.2~ FOR NONSMOKERS, AND 5.6-8,2% FOR SMOKERS$ METHEMOGLOBIN RANGED FROM 1,9 TO 2,7~, WITHIN THE CABIN OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE HONITORED~ AIR INCREASED SLOWLY AS IT APPROACH- ED THE CITYj AND FINALLY EXCEEDED "EVEN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED VALUES FOR WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE MORE AND MOST BUSY STREETS IN BELGRADEJ" THE BLooD CARBON MONOXIDE AND METHEMOGLOBIN LEVELS "SH~aED A SIMILAR INCREASE" IN THE BUS DRIVERS, DISCUSSION~ m,,,[P]OLLUTANTS ORIGINATING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES MIGHT HAVE A FAR GREATER IMPACT ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAN GENERALLY ASSUMEDs PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE INFLUENCE ON THE PSYCHOPHYSICAL CAPABILITY OF DRIVERS," /0M/ C l F~ 9 8 L-~EIH{3 01 0 'I 0

B Po b .¢ 37452 HK0269009 .t SERB I PUBL HEALTH, BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA AIR POLLUTION STUDY, HEMATOLOGICAL STUDY, HUNDREDs MALE DATA, AIR POLLUTION HEALTH EFFECTS, AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST EXPOSUREs URBAN AIR POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION EXPORURE, ~IOOD CARBON NONOXI~E INCREASE AIR POLLUTION ASSOC/ AIR POLLUTION MEASUREHENTSa AIR POLLUTION ANALYSIS, CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN~ BLOOD CARBON MONOXIDE INCREASE SMOKING ASSOC, CIGARETTE SMOKING, NONSMOKERS, CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSUREs NITROGEN OXIDES EXPOSURE, DATA COMPARABILITY, METHEMOGLOBINs OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS, OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE, CONFINED SPACE ATMOSPHERE, MENTAL FUNCTION DECREASE, AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, AIR POLLUTION PREVENTIONs AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST TOXICITYa BLOOD CARBON MONOXIDE CONTENT, CARBON MONOXIDE CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS, AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE DECREASE, AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST CARBON MONOXIDE, BLOOD CARBON MONOXIDE INCREASE URBAN FACTORS ASSOC, BLOOD CARBON MONOXIDE INCREASE OCCUPATIONAL FACTORS ASSOCs BLOOD CARBON MONOXIDE RESIDENCE FACTORS ASSOCs AUTOMOBILE DRIVING PERFORMANCE, AIR CARBON MONOXIDE CONTENT, AIR NITROGEN OXIDES CONTENT, AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST NITROGEN OXIDES, CARBON MONOXIDE NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AIR POLLUTION ASSOC/ DEPTH PERCEPTION, AIR QUALITY CONTROL/ ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BELGRADE RESIDENCE, YUGOSLAVIA RESIDENCEs BELGRADE YUGOSLAVIA, TRAFFIC POLICEMEN OCCUPATIONs FRANKFURT GERMANY, STREET CLEANERS OCCUPATION, BUS DRIVERS OCCUPATION, TAXI DRIVERS OCCUPATION, LONDON UK, BIRMINGHAM UK, JVL~NCHESTER UK, GLASGOW UK, Los ANGELES CAI.IF~ TRUCK DRIVERS OCCUPATION, NEWS VENDERS OCCUPATION CTJ:~ 98 CLqNB 0'1011