Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe
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Autor:innen
Jacquemin, Bénédicte
Sunyer, Jordi
Forsberg, Bertil
Götschi, Thomas
Ackermann-Liebrich, Ursula
de Marco, Roberto
Heinrich, Joachim
Jarvis, Deborah
Torén, Kjell
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
2007
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
International Journal of Epidemiology
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
36
Ausgabe / Nummer
4
Seiten / Dauer
809–820
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Oxford University Press
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Oxford
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Version
Programmiersprache
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Zusammenfassung
Background Annoyance due to air pollution is a subjective score of air quality, which has been incorporated into the National Environmental monitoring of some countries. The objectives of this study are to describe the variations in annoyance due to air pollution in Europe and its individual and environmental determinants.
Methods This study took place in the context of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey II (ECRHS II) that was conducted during 1999–2001. It included 25 centres in 12 countries and 7867 randomly selected adults from the general population. Annoyance due to air pollution was self-reported on an 11-point scale. Annual mean mass concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) and its sulphur (S) content were measured in 21 centres as a surrogate of urban air pollution.
Results Forty-three per cent of participants reported moderate annoyance (1–5 on the scale) and 14% high annoyance (≥6) with large differences across centres (2–40% of high annoyance). Participants in the Northern European countries reported less annoyance. Female gender, nocturnal dyspnoea, phlegm and rhinitis, self-reported car and heavy vehicle traffic in front of the home, high education, non-smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke were associated with higher annoyance levels. At the centre level, adjusted means of annoyance scores were moderately associated with sulphur urban levels (slope 1.43 μg m−3, standard error 0.40, r = 0.61).
Conclusions Annoyance due to air pollution is frequent in Europe. Individuals’ annoyance may be a useful measure of perceived ambient quality and could be considered a complementary tool for health surveillance.
Schlagwörter
annoyance, air pollution, respiratory symtoms
Fachgebiet (DDC)
300 - Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
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Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
1464-3685
0300-5771
0300-5771
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Nein
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Closed
Lizenz
Zitation
JACQUEMIN, Bénédicte, Jordi SUNYER, Bertil FORSBERG, Thomas GÖTSCHI, Lucy BAYER-OGLESBY, Ursula ACKERMANN-LIEBRICH, Roberto DE MARCO, Joachim HEINRICH, Deborah JARVIS, Kjell TORÉN und Nino KÜNZLI, 2007. Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2007. Bd. 36, Nr. 4, S. 809–820. DOI 10.1093/ije/dym042. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/45634