Microclimate and air quality in capital town of Vojvodina, Serbia through 2002-2005.

Novi Sad is capital administrative center of the Province Vojvodina, one of two towns with active oil refinery crossroad of transit traffic artery and until recently great industrial town! In this paper are presented data of imission for basic pollutant matters in the air of the town, microclimate and health condition of children and adult population according to permanent reports of health services for preschool, schoolchildren and physician in primary health care (general population) for the period 2002-2005. Climate changes (increased temperature, relative humidity change in the air etc.), then endangered urban air quality, have influenced the increase of specific morbidity from respiratory diseases in vulnerable population categories. Results of the paper indicate to monitoring set up towards specific pollutants followed by bio-indicator analysis. In further period, multidisciplinary studies can enable to become a part of some European project of environmental effect analysis to population health.