Concern over health effects of air pollution is associated to NO2 in seven European cities

Dons, Evi; Laeremans, Michelle; Anaya-Boig, Esther; Ávila-Palència, Ione; Brand, Christian; Nazelle, Audrey de; Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin; Götschi, Thomas; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Orjuela, Juan Pablo; Raser, Elisabeth; Standaert, Arnout; Panis, Luc Int

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“…Three articles are multicenter studies, two are surveys performed in seven countries [ 35 , 54 ], and the remaining are surveys performed in six countries [ 74 ]. Six studies were based on a national-level [ 41 , 47 , 49 , 52 , 60 , 67 ], three on multi-province [ 40 , 45 , 57 ], and seven on multiple-city surveys [ 50 , 51 , 59 , 63 , 64 , 71 , 73 ].…”

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“…As for the procedures of the studies included in the systematic review, field studies [ 50 , 58 , 69 , 72 ], telephone survey studies [ 42 , 48 , 68 , 70 , 71 , 73 ], on-line surveys [ 44 , 54 , 57 , 61 ], and mixed procedure studies [ 53 ] were found. In the context of field studies, face-to-face interviews were the fundamental, but sometimes not unique, method employed to collect the data of interest to be related to the objective levels of pollution [ 34 , 42 , 50 , 55 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 66 ].…”

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“…Symptoms were a significant additional element in Misra et al [ 35 ], where the circulation of information on the web was examined; in particular, the search for “cough” and “asthma”, together with “air pollution”, related to pollution measurement; Zakaria et al [ 46 ] used a self-administered questionnaire in Selangor, Malaysia and Nikolopoulou et al [ 69 ] employed a questionnaire-guide in San Diego, California to interview university students; Bergstra et al [ 51 ] examined adults and children in an industrial area in the Netherlands; Malecki et al [ 53 ] considered the linkage with low-level exposure in Wisconsin, USA, selecting a number of questions within a wider survey; Dons et al [ 54 ] developed a cross-sectional questionnaire study in seven European cities; and Pantavou et al [ 58 ] undertook a field study in Athens, associating citizen perception, behaviors, and symptoms with air pollution and dust.…”

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Risk Perception of Air Pollution: A Systematic Review Focused on Particulate Matter Exposure

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The adverse health effects of exposure to air pollutants, notably to particulate matter (PM), are well-known, as well as the association with measured or estimated concentration levels. The role of perception can be relevant in exploring effects and pollution control actions. The purpose of this study was to explore studies that analyse people’s perception, together with the measurement of air pollution, in order to elucidate the relationship between them. We conducted a systematic review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. In March 2020, PubMed, EMBASE, and Scopus databases were explored in an attempt to search for studies published from 2000 to 2020. The review included 38 studies, most of which were conducted in China (n = 13) and the United States (n = 11) and published over the last four years (n = 26). Three studies were multicenter investigations, while five articles were based on a national-level survey. The air quality (AQ) was assessed by monitoring stations (n = 24) or dispersion models (n = 7). Many studies were population questionnaire-based, air monitoring and time-series studies, and web-based investigations. A direct association between exposure and perception emerged in 20 studies. This systematic review has shown that most of the studies establish a relationship between risk perception measurement. A broad spectrum of concepts and notions related to perception also emerged, which is undoubtedly an indicator of the wealth of available knowledge and is promising for future research.

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“…These results are in accordance with the association observed between urban density and NO2 levels and more walking because exposure to air pollution (and therefore annoyance by it) is more intense in dense urban areas. In fact, in a previous PASTA study, researchers already observed that increasing NO2 levels at the home address was associated with concerns over the health effects of air pollution (Dons et al. 2018).…”

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Correlates of Walking for Travel in Seven European Cities: The PASTA Project

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Background:Although walking for travel can help in reaching the daily recommended levels of physical activity, we know relatively little about the correlates of walking for travel in the European context.Objective:Within the framework of the European Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA) project, we aimed to explore the correlates of walking for travel in European cities.Methods:The same protocol was applied in seven European cities. Using a web-based questionnaire, we collected information on total minutes of walking per week, individual characteristics, mobility behavior, and attitude (N=7,875). Characteristics of the built environment (the home and the work/study addresses) were determined with geographic information system (GIS)-based techniques. We conducted negative binomial regression analyses, including city as a random effect. Factor and principal component analyses were also conducted to define profiles of the different variables of interest.Results:Living in high-density residential areas with richness of facilities and density of public transport stations was associated with increased walking for travel, whereas the same characteristics at the work/study area were less strongly associated with the outcome when the residential and work/study environments were entered in the model jointly. A walk-friendly social environment was associated with walking for travel. All three factors describing different opinions about walking (ranging from good to bad) were associated with increased minutes of walking per week, although the importance given to certain criteria to choose a mode of transport provided different results according to the criteria.Discussion:The present study supports findings from previous research regarding the role of the built environment in the promotion of walking for travel and provides new findings to help in achieving sustainable, healthy, livable, and walkable cities. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4603

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“…China's economy has made remarkable achievements over the past 40 years, but it leads to the huge damage to natural resources and environment. Water pollution, soil pollution, and other environmental issue have exploded in recent years, which have posed a great threat to the health of residents [1][2][3][4]. Particularly, air pollution has been more serious beyond expectation and the haze is the mostly attributed causes for pneumonia.…”

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Evaluate Air Pollution by Promethee Ranking in Yangtze River Delta of China

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A series of problems that are related to population, resources, environment, and ecology have emerged in recent years with the advancement of industrialization and urbanization in China. Especially, air pollution has become a severe trouble that directly endangers the health of residents. Accordingly, it is a need to make the assessment of air quality among cities, so that corresponding measures can be taken. For this purpose, ten major cities are selected as the research objects in Yangtze River Delta. Additionally, this study gathers and processes the data of five main air pollutants PM2.5, PM10, SO2, O3, and NO2, respectively. Furthermore, the maximizing deviation method is used to obtain the respective weight of these pollutants and the preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations (PROMETHEE) is introduced into the assessment of air quality among ten cities. As a result, the ranking of air quality in Ningbo, Wenzhou, Shanghai, and Shaoxing was at the fore from 2014 to 2017. Meanwhile, the performance of Ningbo has always kept the top two and Shaoxing’s ranking has risen since 2015. In addition, the air quality of Changzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou was at an average level in the past four years. Moreover, the performance of Nanjing, Wuxi, and Zhenjiang was terrible when compared to other cities. Some useful suggestions have been proposed to control air quality based on the ranking results.

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Concern over health effects of air pollution is associated to NO2 in seven European cities

Cited by 39 publications

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Risk Perception of Air Pollution: A Systematic Review Focused on Particulate Matter Exposure

Risk Perception of Air Pollution: A Systematic Review Focused on Particulate Matter Exposure

Correlates of Walking for Travel in Seven European Cities: The PASTA Project

Evaluate Air Pollution by Promethee Ranking in Yangtze River Delta of China

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