Association between air pollution in the 2015 winter in South Korea and population size, car emissions, industrial activity, and fossil-fuel power plants: an ecological study.

Published in: Annals of occupational and environmental medicine (2018)

Greater car numbers, industrial activity, and population density, and the presence of fossil-fuel plants associated with air pollution in the 2015 winter in South Korea. These data highlight the contaminant sources that could be targeted by interventions that aim to reduce air pollution, decrease the incidence of exposure, and limit the impact of pollution on human health.

Keyphrases

air pollution
human health
risk assessment
particulate matter
heavy metals
climate change
lung function
wastewater treatment
risk factors
electronic health record
cancer therapy
health risk assessment
big data
drug delivery
sewage sludge