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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2016.25.6.839

Weather-sensitive Diseases and Their Correlations with Meteorological Factors: Results from Academic Papers  

An, Hye Yeon (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Jeong, Ju-Hee (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University)
Kim, Taehee (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Yun, Jinah (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Kim, Hyunsu (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University)
Oh, Inbo (Environmental Health Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
Lee, Jiho (Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
Won, Kyung-Mi (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University)
Lee, Young-Mi (Ecobrain Co. Ltd.)
Kim, Yoo-Keun (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.25, no.6, 2016 , pp. 839-851 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effect of weather on disease was investigated based on results reported in academic papers. Weather-sensitive disease was selected by analyzing the frequency distributions of diseases and correlations between diseases and meteorological factors (e.g., temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed). Correlations between disease and meteorological factors were most frequently reported for myocardial infarction (MI) (28%) followed by chronic ischemic heart disease (CHR) (12%), stroke (STR) (10%), and angina pectoris (ANG) (5%). These four diseases had significant correlations with temperature (meaningful correlation for MI and negative correlations for CHR, STR, and ANG). Selecting MI, as a representative weather-sensitive disease, and summarizing the quantitative correlations with meteorological factors revealed that, daily hospital admissions for MI increased approximately 1.7%-2.2% with each $1^{\circ}C$ decrease in physiologically equivalent temperature. On the days when MI occurred in three or more patients larger daily temperature ranges ($2.3^{\circ}C$ increase) were reported compared with the days when MI occurred in fewer than three patients. In addition, variations in pressure (10 mbar, 1016 mbar standard) and relative humidity (10%) contributed to an 11%-12% increase in deaths from MI and an approximately 10% increase in the incidence of MI, respectively.
Keywords
Weather-sensitive disease; Meteorological factors; Correlation; Academic papers analysis;
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