대기관리권역법 시행효과 평가를 위한 전북지역 초미세먼지 현황 및 건강영향 사전연구

• 영문명: A Preliminary Study on the Current Status and Health Effects of PM2.5 for Evaluating the Act on Air Quality Management Regions in Jeollabuk-do Province
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 마창진(Chang-Jin Ma) 장남정(Nam-Jeong Jang) 강공언(Gong-Unn Kang)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국환경보건학회지』제50권 제4호, 282~290쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.08.31

국문 초록

Background: In order to evaluate the national effort to improve air quality through the Act on Air Quality Management Regions, an investigation of the current status of air quality in respective regions and the health impact of air pollution should be undertaken. Objectives: This study is a preliminary study on the status of PM2.5 in the central region of South Korea and its health effects. It can be applied to the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Act on Air Quality Management Regions. Methods: Time series variation of PM2.5 concentrations in the air quality management region (hereafter referred to as AQMR) and in the non-AQMR area in the central region of South Korea were created. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated based on the survey results of whether the residents of Jeollabuk-do were feeling anxiety caused by air pollution by sex, region, and regional characteristics. Relative risk (RR) values of lung cancer deaths in each city in the AQMR for the central region of South Korea were calculated. Results: During the period from Dec. 2018 to Dec. 2021, the average concentration of PM2.5 was higher in the AQMR at 26.0 μg/m3 compared to 19.5 μg/m3 in the non-AQMR. The odds ratio (OR) calculated using data from the Jeonbuk Research Institute (2020) suggested that women were more uncomfortable or anxious about their lives due to air pollutants than were men. The OR evaluation results also showed that in terms of PM2.5 sensitivity, residents in the non-AQMR were relatively more sensitive than those in the AQMR. The relative risk (RR) was calculated to evaluate the relationship between health hazards (PM2.5) and diseases (lung cancer). As a result, for super-aged people over 80 years old, compared to the non-AQMR (Muju-gun and Jangsu-gun), the residents in the AQMR (Jeonju, Gunsan, and Iksan) have about twice the relative risk of lung cancer. Conclusions: It is necessary to make efforts to improve residents’ health and extend their healthy lives through efforts to reduce air pollutants such as PM2.5 in areas specially selected as an AQMR.

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Air pollutants odds ratio PM2.5 health hazards air quality management Jeonbuk