The mediating role of risk perception in the association between industry-related air pollution and health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heavy industry emits many potentially hazardous pollutants into the air which can affect health. Awareness about the potential health impacts of air pollution from industry can influence people's risk perception. This in turn can affect (self-reported) symptoms. Our aims were to investigate the associations of air pollution from heavy industry with health symptoms and to evaluate whether these associations are mediated by people's risk perception about local industry.

Methods

A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among children (2-18 years) and adults (19 years and above) living in the direct vicinity of an area with heavy industry. A dispersion model was used to characterize individual-level exposures to air pollution emitted from the industry in th

SUBMITTER: Bergstra AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5933722 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature