The short-term effects of air pollution on health in Sfax (Tunisia): An ARDL cointegration procedure

Author

Elkadhi, H. ; Ben Hamida, Rania

Author_Institution

Lab. of Appl. Econ. & Finance, Inst. of Adv. Bus. Studies of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the short-term effects of air pollution on the frequency of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in urban area of Sfax (Tunisia). We insist also on the influence of meteorological factors on the frequency of these diseases. Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration procedure introduced by Pesaran. M and Shin. Y (1999) and extended by Pesaran. M and al. (2001), the results shows that there is a significant link between pollutant emissions especially dioxide sulfur (SO₂) and the ozone (O₃) and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. We also concluded that the meteorological factors, especially the wind velocity affects the occurrence of the diseases.

Keywords

air pollution; autoregressive processes; cardiovascular system; diseases; ozone; sulphur compounds; ARDL cointegration procedure; O₃; SO₂; Sfax; Tunisia; air pollution; autoregressive distributed lag cointegration procedure; cardiovascular diseases; hospital admissions; meteorological factors; ozone; pollutant emissions; respiratory diseases; short-term effects; sulfur dioxide; urban area; wind velocity; Air pollution; Atmospheric modeling; Data models; Diseases; Economics; Wind speed; ARDL cointegration procedure; Atmospheric pollution; cardiovascular and respiratory diseases; meteorological factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Energy for Sustainable Development (ICUE), 2014 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Pattaya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2628-2

Type

conf

Filename

6828950