Do Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics Influence Perceived Air Quality?

ABSTRACT: Background: Despite improvements, air pollution still remains a major public health issue. Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated the adverse health effects of air pollution exposure based on modeled measures, but only a few have considered the health impact of perceived air quality. Improving our knowledge of individual perceptions is crucial to defining targeted actions and promoting appropriate intervention measures. Our objective is to investigate the relationship between subjective and objective measures of air pollution and to focus on how individual characteristics combined with the neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation index, measured at a fine spatial scale, may or may not alter this relationship. Materials and Methods: The subjective measures of air quality reported

SUBMITTER: Deguen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature