Ambient air pollution and completed suicide in 26 South Korean cities: Effect modification by demographic and socioeconomic factors

2018 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
pp. 944-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyewon Lee ◽  
Woojae Myung ◽  
Satbyul Estella Kim ◽  
Doh Kwan Kim ◽  
Ho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Effect Modification ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Completed Suicide

Ambient Air Pollution and Emergency Department Visits for Asthma: a Multi-City Assessment of Effect Modification by Age

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 2243
Author(s):  
Brooke Hixson* ◽  
Andrea A Winquist ◽  
Howard H Chang ◽  
James A Mulholland ◽  
Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Effect Modification ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution

scholarly journals Ambient air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma: a multi-city assessment of effect modification by age

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke A Alhanti ◽  
Howard H Chang ◽  
Andrea Winquist ◽  
James A Mulholland ◽  
Lyndsey A Darrow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Effect Modification ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution

scholarly journals Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Increased Liver Enzymes in Korean Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Jin Kim ◽  
Jin-young Min ◽  
Yong-Seok Seo ◽  
Kyoung-bok Min
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Liver Enzymes ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Ambient Air Pollution ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Adults ◽  
General Adult Population

An association between exposure to air pollution and liver enzymes in certain areas or older people has been reported in the literature; however, it cannot be generalized to the general population. We investigated the association between air pollution, liver enzyme levels, and alcohol consumption using nationwide data of South Korean adults. Air pollutants included particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤10 µm (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and carbon monoxide (CO). Liver enzymes included alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). Exposure to air pollutants were significantly associated with elevation of log ALT and log AST, especially increases from 0.0073 IU/L (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.0042, 0.0104) to 0.0251 IU/L (95% CI = 0.0132, 0.0371) per interquartile range (IQR) increase of each pollutant (all pollutants: p < 0.001). Association of the liver enzymes with PM10 (β (95% CI) = 0.0285 IU/L (0.0201, 0.0368) for log ALT; β (95% CI) = 0.0139 IU/L (0.0079, 0.0198) for log AST) and CO (β (95% CI) = 0.0247 IU/L (0.0182, 0.0311) for log ALT; β (95% CI) = 0.0164 IU/L (0.0118, 0.0210) for log AST) were only significant among drinkers. Our findings suggest that chronic exposure to PM10 and CO is a risk factor for liver enzymes increases among the general adult population who admitted to drinking alcohol.

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