Quality Status of Ambiental Air in the Connection to Medical Visits of School Children and Youth

Introductory: Ambiental air in town of Kakanj, stressed by polutants of mostly industrial origin, has become a major reason for increased use of medical care by school children and youth. The goal: The goal of this work is to examine corelation between ambiental concentrations of sulphurdioxid (SO2), suspended particles and nitrogenoxides (NOx), and of number of visits by schoo l children and youth to medical care institiutions. Method: In period from January to December 2003., in the area of Kakanj and Brnjic, the investigation was carried on the monthly average of visits to medical care institutions and concentrations of sulphurdioxide, suspended particles and nitrogenoxides in the area of “Dom Kulture” Kakanj.The results: The investigation has shown that there is a linear increase of visits to medical care institutions in relation to linear increase of concetration of sulphurdioxide, suspended particles and nitrogenoxides (O<R<+1). Conclusions: The school children and the youth in town of Kakanj visit medical institiutions considerably more frequently in comparison to the same age group in village of Brnjic, in corelation to monthly average values of concentration of sulphurdioxide, suspended particles and nitrogenoxides in air.