ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2018
Association between air pollution in the 2015 winter in South Korea and population size, car emissions, industrial activity, and fossil-fuel power plants: an ecological study.
Article in Annals of occupational and environmental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Mortality and morbidity consequences of particulate matter in South Korea: evidence from transboundary air pollution.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A review of factors influencing sensitive skin: an emphasis on built environment characteristics.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Perceived environmental pollution and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) or SCD-related functional difficulties among the general population.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCompared to 10 years ago, the ambient particulate matter 10 (PM
methodsAn emission inventory of the PM
resultsCompared to the districts with the lowest population density, the districts with the third highest population density associated most strongly with air pollution. This was also observed for industrial power usage. Car accident number and car registration numbers showed a linear relationship with air pollution. Districts with power plants were significantly more likely to have air pollution than districts that lacked a plant.
conclusionsGreater car numbers, industrial activity, and population density, and the presence of fossil-fuel plants associated with air pollution in the 2015 winter in South Korea. These data highlight the contaminant sources that could be targeted by interventions that aim to reduce air pollution, decrease the incidence of exposure, and limit the impact of pollution on human health.
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