Study on the influence of Air pollution on Lung function, Inflammation and Aging (SALIA)
SALIA aimed to investigate the long-term effects of pollution and other environmental exposures on lung health and mortality. Participants were over 4,700 women aged around 55 years at baseline, recruited from towns in the Ruhr area of Germany. Baseline data collection, including questionnaires and physical assessments, took place from 1985 to 1994. Participants were followed up a number of times: from 2001 to 2003, 2006, and 2007 to 2010. This included questionnaires, physical assessments and mortality data.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
4,874 (participants)
Age at first data collection
51 - 56 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1985
Primary Institutions
Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, MUNV)
Links
doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113705
doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-152
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit, BMUKN)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
German Statutory Accident Insurance (Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung, DGUV)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
