Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution in Korea: Based on PM_(10)Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution in Korea: Based on PM_(10)
- Other Titles
- Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution in Korea: Based on PM_(10)
- Authors
- Hyun-Jin Kim; 윤석준; 김형수; 이건세; 김은정; Min-Woo Jo; In-Hwan Oh
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- 한국환경보건학회
- Keywords
- Outdoor air pollution; PM_(10); Disability adjusted life year (DALY); Burden of disease
- Citation
- 한국환경보건학회지, v.37, no.5, pp.387 - 395
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 한국환경보건학회지
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 387
- End Page
- 395
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/113530
- ISSN
- 1738-4087
- Abstract
- 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(PM_(10) ) was used. First, PM_(10) -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 PM_(10) . Third, DALYs of PM_(10) -related diseases in Korea were estimated. Finally, the attributable burden of disease due to PM_(10) was measured as the sum of the products that multiplied the DALYs of PM_(10) -related diseases by their population attributable fractions.
Results: The disease burden of PM_(10) was 6.9 DALY per 1,000 persons in 2007. The attributable burden of PM_(10)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 PM_(10) and burden of PM_(10) -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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