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KMID : 1156220110370050387
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Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
2011 Volume.37 No. 5 p.387 ~ p.395
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Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution in Korea: Based on PM10
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Kim Hyun-Jin
Yoon Seok-Jun
Lee Kun-Sei
Kim Eun-Jung
Jo Min-Woo
Oh In-Hwan
Kim Hyeong-Su
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study measured the burden of disease in Korea related to outdoor air pollution using disabilityadjusted life year (DALY). Materials and Methods: As a risk factor of outdoor air pollution, particulate matter with a diameter less than
10 μm(PM10) was used. First, PM10-related diseases and their relative risk (RR) were selected by means of a literature review. Second, population attributable fractions were computed by using formulae including RR and population exposure to PM10. Third, DALYs of PM10-related diseases in Korea were estimated. Finally, the attributable burden of disease due to PM10 was measured as the sum of the products that multiplied the DALYs of PM10-related diseases by their population attributable fractions.
Results: The disease burden of PM10 was 6.9 DALY per 1,000 persons in 2007. The attributable burden of PM10 was 2.68 for lung cancer, 2.41 for COPD, 0.62 for ischemic heart disease, 0.61 for pneumonia, 0.55 for asthma, and 0.03 for preterm.
Conclusions: This study showed the environmental burden of disease of PM10 and burden of PM10-related disease through objective data. It also suggested that active efforts are needed to continuously measure and reduce the burden of environmental diseases in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Outdoor air pollution, PM10, Disability adjusted life year (DALY), Burden of disease
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