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Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Air Pollution Epidemiology

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 2195

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Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
Interests: air pollution and diseases; environment and diseases; geographic impact on diseases; real-world evidence; ethnicity and diseases; economy and diseases

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Design & Health Lab, Department of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giovanni Ponzio, 31, 20133 Milano, MI, Italy
Interests: indoor air quality; users’ wellbeing; public health; health promotion; health and built construction; evidence based design; healthcare design

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Special Issue titled “Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Air Pollution Epidemiology”. This Issue will be a collection of papers from researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members. The aim is to provide a venue for networking and communication between IJERPH and scholars in the field of air pollution epidemiology. Air pollution epidemiology is an invaluable tool in providing evidence for establishing causal associations between air pollution and a number of health outcomes, and in quantifying risk related to exposure to air pollution. This collection welcomes all analysis and evaluation of epidemiological and toxicological data on the impact of components of air pollution on human health, including analyses of short- and long-term air pollution studies, case-crossover, and major strengths and challenges in air pollution epidemiology. With the aim and scope of guaranteeing an interdisciplinary approach, contributions related to practical experiences, design and management strategies, monitoring activities, etc. from different fields of interest are welcome. All papers will be published with fully open access after peer review.

Prof. Dr. Chung Y. Hsu
Prof. Dr. Stefano Capolongo
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • indoor air quality (IAQ), health and built environment
  • effects of users’ health status due to air quality
  • indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

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Association between Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution during Early Childhood and Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Taiwan
by Hueng-Chuen Fan, Chuan-Mu Chen, Jeng-Dau Tsai, Kuo-Liang Chiang, Stella Chin-Shaw Tsai, Ching-Ying Huang, Cheng-Li Lin, Chung Y. Hsu and Kuang-Hsi Chang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 16138; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316138 - 02 Dec 2022
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Abstract
(1) Background: Recently, a growing number of studies have provided evidence to suggest a strong correlation between air pollution exposure and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this study, we assessed the relationship between early-life exposure to particulate matter (PM)10, PM2. [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Recently, a growing number of studies have provided evidence to suggest a strong correlation between air pollution exposure and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this study, we assessed the relationship between early-life exposure to particulate matter (PM)10, PM2.5, and ADHD; (2) Methods: The National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) contains the medical records, drug information, inspection data, etc., of the people of Taiwan, and, thus, could serve as an important research resource. Air pollution data were based on daily data from the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan). These included particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10). The two databases were merged according to the living area of the insured and the location of the air quality monitoring station; (3) Results: The highest levels of air pollutants, including PM2.5 (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.79; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.58–2.02) and PM10 (aHR = 1.53; 95% CI = 1.37–1.70), had a significantly higher risk of ADHD; (4) Conclusions: As such, measures for air quality control that meet the WHO air quality guidelines should be strictly and uniformly implemented by Taiwanese government authorities. Full article
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