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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2020.29.7.715

Effects of Meteorology and Air Pollution on Respiratory Disease affecting Vulnerable Populations  

Kang, Dongbae (Department of Environmental System, Pusan National University)
Park, Changhyoun (Institute of Environmental Studies, Pusan National University)
Jung, Woo-Sik (Department of Atmospheric Environment Information Engineering, Inje University)
Lee, KwiOk (DMJ System, Engineering Building 6, Pusan National University)
Lee, Hwa Woon (Division of Earth Environment System, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.29, no.7, 2020 , pp. 715-727 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is well known that atmospheric environments, including both meteorology and air quality, significantly affect public health, such as chronic lung disease and cancer, and respiratory infections. In this study, we have analyzed correlations between the number of daily respiratory outpatients and the atmospheric environments data for about ten years for the city of Busan, South Korea. The respiratory problem patients data have been categorized into two health-vulnerable groups by age over 65(DayPA_O65) and under 20(DayPA_U20), each of which shows relatively higher correlations with air quality and meteorology, respectively. However, time series analysis with factor separation results in that DayPA_O65 and DayPA_U20 show a higher relation with variance components and daily irregular factors of atmospheric concentrations, respectively.
Keywords
Air pollution; Meteorology; Respiratory disease; Busan;
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