A Study on the Relationship of Air Pollution and It's Health Effect

대기오염과 건강영향의 관련성에 관한 연구

  • 김윤신 (한양대학교 환경 및 산업의학연구소) ;
  • 전준민 (한양대학교 환경 및 산업의학연구소) ;
  • 신찬기 (한강환경관리청 시험분석실)
  • Published : 1994.03.01

Abstract

This study examines three different relation effects of air pollution on health in Seoul city during 1988-90 : an effect on respiratory disease mortality, the frequency of hospital in- patients for asthma, and jogging in the morning. The results seemed likely to show positive association between respiratory mortality and asthma in- patients and ozone concentration. It also suggested that jogging as morning exercise was not recommended in the morning because of the highest concentration of major pollutants in the morning 7 : 00-8'00 a.m ). The epidemiological and statistical investigation of air pollution on health effects to be studied in further detail since these findings have provided some limited conclusions.

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