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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.063

Assessing the impact of air pollution on mortality rate from cardiovascular disease in Seoul, Korea  

Park, Sun Kyoung (School of ICT Integrated Studies, Pyeongtaek University)
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Environmental Engineering Research / v.23, no.4, 2018 , pp. 430-441 More about this Journal
Abstract
The adverse health impact of air pollution is becoming more serious. The purpose of this study is twofold: One is to analyze the effect of air pollution and temperatures on human health by analyzing the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease in Seoul, Korea; the other is to determine what impact the location of a monitoring site has on the results of a health study. For this latter purpose, air pollution and temperature monitors are sited at three locations termed green, public, and residential. Then, a decision tree model is used to analyze factors linked with deaths occurring at each monitoring site. The results show that the environmental temperatures before death and the $PM_{2.5}$ concentrations on the day of death are highly linked with the number of deaths regardless of the monitoring location. However, results are most accurate with residential data. The results of this study can be used as base data for a similar analysis and ultimately, as a guide to minimize the health impact of air pollution.
Keywords
Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Decision tree model; $PM_{2.5}$; Temperature;
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