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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2017 Volume.26 No. 5 p.675 ~ p.684
A Survey of Doctors' Awareness of Weather Sensitive Diseases and Health-Related Weather Information
Kim Hyun-Su

Kim Yoo-Keun
Jeong Ju-Hee
An Hye-Yeon
Kim Tae-Hee
Yun Jin-Ah
Won Kyung-Mi
Lee Ji-Ho
Oh In-Bo
Lee Young-Mi
Lim Yeon-Ju
Kang Min-Seong
Abstract
Provider-oriented weather information has been rapidly changing to become more customer-oriented and personalized. Given the increasing interest in wellness and health topics, the demand for health weather information, and biometeorology, also increased. However, research on changes in the human body according to weather conditions is still insufficient due to various constraints, and interdisciplinary research is also lacking. As part of an effort to change that, this study surveyed medical practitioners at an actual treatment site, using questionnaires, to investigate what kind of weather information they could utilize. Although there was a limit to the empirical awareness that medical staff had about weather information, most respondents noted that there is a correlation between disease and weather, with cardiovascular diseases (coronary artery disease (98.5%) and hypertension (95.9% ), skin diseases (atopic dermatitis (100%), sunburn (93.8%)) being the most common weather-sensitive ailments. Although there are subject-specific differences, most weather-sensitive diseases tend to be affected by temperature and humidity in general. Respiratory and skin diseases are affected by wind and solar radiation, respectively.
KEYWORD
Weather-sensitive disease, Customized weather information, Health-related weather information, Correlation between weather and disease, Biometeorology
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