|
KMID : 1024220180330010004
|
|
Environmental Health and Toxicology : EHT
2018 Volume.33 No. 1 p.4 ~ p.4
|
|
|
Health effects of environmental pollution in population living near industrial complex areas in Korea
|
|
Eom Sang-Yong
Choi Jong-Hyuk
Bae Sang-Hyuk
Lim Ji-Ae
Kim Guen-Bae
Yu Seung-Do
Kim Yang-Ho
Lim Hyun-Sul
Son Bu-Soon
Paek Do-Myung
Kim Yong-Dae
Kim Heon
Ha Mi-Na
Kwon Ho-Jang
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
Several epidemiological studies have reported an association between environmental pollution and various health conditions in individuals residing in industrial complexes. To evaluate the effects of pollution from industrial complex on human health, we performed a pooled analysis of environmental epidemiologic monitoring data for residents living near national industrial complexes in Korea. The respiratory and allergic symptoms and the prevalence of acute and chronic diseases, including cancer, were used as the outcome variables for health effects. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between exposure to pollution from industrial complexes and health conditions. After adjusting for age, sex, smoking status, occupational exposure, level of education, and body mass index, the residents near the industrial complexes were found to have more respiratory symptoms, such as cough (odds ratio [OR], 1.18; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06 to 1.31) and sputum production (OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.03 to 1.24), and symptoms of atopic dermatitis (OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.20). Among residents of the industrial complexes, the prevalence of acute eye disorders was approximately 40% higher (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.84) and the prevalence of lung and uterine cancer was 3.45 times and 1.88 times higher, respectively, than those among residents of the control area. This study showed that residents living in the vicinity of industrial complexes have a high risk of acute and chronic diseases including respiratory and allergic conditions. These results can be used as basic objective data for developing health management measures for individuals residing near industrial complexes.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Health effect, Respiratory disease, Allergic disease, Industrial complex, Prevalence, Symptom
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
 
|
|