Journal of Environmental Science International (한국환경과학회지)

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

기상 및 대기질이 건강취약집단에 미치는 영향

  • 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)
  • 강동배 (부산대학교 환경시스템학과) ;
  • 박창현 (부산대학교 환경연구원) ;
  • 정우식 (인제대학교 대기환경정보공학과) ;
  • 이귀옥 (디엠제이시스템) ;
  • 이화운 (부산대학교 지구환경시스템학부)
  • Received : 2020.04.08
  • Accepted : 2020.07.01
  • Published : 2020.07.31
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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.

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