Association between Asian Dust-Borne Air Pollutants and Daily Symptoms on Healthy Subjects: A Web-Based Pilot Study in Yonago, Japan
Joint Authors
Majbauddin, Abir
Onishi, Kazunari
Otani, Shinji
Kurosaki, Yasunori
Kurozawa, Youichi
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
During the spring, Asian dust (AD) repeatedly makes its way to Japan, originating from drylands.
We evaluated the association between AD-borne air pollutants and daily reported subjective symptoms in healthy subjects.
We constructed an Internet questionnaire on daily ocular, nasal, respiratory, and skin symptoms.
Forty-two healthy volunteers residents of Yonago (mean age, 33.57) were selected from the self-reporting web-based survey and recorded their symptoms between 1 and 31 of March 2013.
We also collected information on levels of suspended particulate matter (SPM), particulate matter < 2.5 µm (PM2.5), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxide (NOx) per hour on each of those days.
SPM and PM2.5 were the dominant pollutants recorded throughout the month.
A positive correlation was observed between SPM and ocular (r=0.475, p<0.01), nasal (r=0.614, p<0.001), and skin (r=0.445, p<0.05) symptoms.
PM2.5 correlations were significant for ocular (r=0.428, p<0.05), nasal (r=0.560, p<0.01), and skin (r=0.437, p<0.05) symptoms.
Our findings provide introductory evidence of AD-borne air pollutants and their association with several bodily symptoms in healthy subjects with the implementation of a self-administrated web-based survey application.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Majbauddin, Abir& Onishi, Kazunari& Otani, Shinji& Kurosaki, Yasunori& Kurozawa, Youichi. 2016. Association between Asian Dust-Borne Air Pollutants and Daily Symptoms on Healthy Subjects: A Web-Based Pilot Study in Yonago, Japan. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Majbauddin, Abir…[et al.]. Association between Asian Dust-Borne Air Pollutants and Daily Symptoms on Healthy Subjects: A Web-Based Pilot Study in Yonago, Japan. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Majbauddin, Abir& Onishi, Kazunari& Otani, Shinji& Kurosaki, Yasunori& Kurozawa, Youichi. Association between Asian Dust-Borne Air Pollutants and Daily Symptoms on Healthy Subjects: A Web-Based Pilot Study in Yonago, Japan. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108543
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1108543