scholarly journals Applying policy and health effects of air pollution in South Korea: focus on ambient air quality standards

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. e2014011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongsik Ha
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

scholarly journals Long-term air pollution exposure and diabetes risk in the elderly population.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maayan Yitshak Sade ◽  
Liuhua Shi ◽  
Elena Colicino ◽  
Heresh Amini ◽  
Joel Schwartz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Diabetes Risk ◽  
Diabetes Incidence ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

Objective: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major public health concern. We assessed the association between air pollution and first documented diabetes occurrence in a national U.S. cohort of Medicare enrollees to estimate incidence risk. Research design and methods: We included all Medicare enrollees 65 years and older in the fee-for-service program, part A and part B, in the contiguous United States (2000-2016). Participants were followed annually until the first recorded diabetes diagnosis, end of enrollment, or death. We obtained air pollution annual estimates of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) exposures from highly spatiotemporally resolved prediction models. We assessed the simultaneous effect of the pollutants on diabetes incidence using Poisson survival analysis with adjustment for temporal and spatial confounders. We repeated the models in data restricted to ZIP codes with air pollution levels not exceeding the ambient air quality standards during the study period. Results: We have included 264,869,458 person-years of 41,780,637 people. We observed nonlinear associations between the three pollutants and diabetes, with larger risks at lower levels for PM2.5 and O3. When restricting the data to lower air pollution levels, an increased risk for diabetes (Incidence Rate Ratio [95% Confidence Interval] was associated with interquartile range (IQR) increases in PM2.5 (1.048 [1.045;1.051]), O3 (1.016 [1.014;1.18]), and NO2 (1.040 [1.037; 1.043]). Conclusion: We found increased diabetes risk associated with air pollution exposures. The observed effects remained in exposure levels below the national ambient air quality standards in the U.S.

Nitrogen dioxide inside and outside 137 homes and implications for ambient air quality standards and health effects research

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Spengler ◽  
Colin P. Duffy ◽  
Richard. Letz ◽  
Theodore W. Tibbitts ◽  
Benjamin G. Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

Application of Electron Optics to Characterization of Particulate Pollutants

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 364-365
Author(s):  
J. B. Moran ◽  
J. L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Fuel Additives ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Emission Standards ◽  
Stationary Sources ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 provide the basis for a dramatic change in Federal air quality programs. The Act establishes new standards for motor vehicles and requires EPA to establish national ambient air quality standards, standards of performance for new stationary sources of pollution, and standards for stationary sources emitting hazardous substances. Further, it establishes procedures which allow states to set emission standards for existing sources in order to achieve national ambient air quality standards. The Act also permits the Administrator of EPA to register fuels and fuel additives and to regulate the use of motor vehicle fuels or fuel additives which pose a hazard to public health or welfare.National air quality standards for particulate matter have been established. Asbestos, mercury, and beryllium have been designated as hazardous air pollutants for which Federal emission standards have been proposed.

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