Ambient air quality and subjective stress level using Community Health Survey data in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Air pollution causes various disease in exposed populations, and can lead to premorbid health effects manifested as both physical and psychological functional impairment. The present study investigated the subjective stress level in daily life in relation to the level of air pollution.

Methods

Data from the Community Health Survey (2013), comprising 99,162 men, and 121,273 women residing in 253 healthcare administrative districts, were combined with air pollutant concentration modelling data from the Korean Air Quality Forecasting System, and were stratified by subjective stress levels into five strata for multiple logistic regression. Levels of exposure were divided into five quintiles according to the annual concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and were anal

SUBMITTER: Hwang MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178364 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature