title: Association between air quality and quality of life.
abstract: Air quality-or its converse, air pollution-is a significant risk factor for human health. Recent studies have reported association between air pollution and human health. There are numerous diseases that may be caused by air pollution such as respiratory infection, lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma. In this study, the relationship between air quality and quality of life was examined by using canonical correlation analysis. Data of this study was collected from 27 countries. WHO statistics were used as the main source of quality of life data set (Y variables set). European Environment Agency statistics and (for outdoor air-PM10) WHO statistics were used as the main source of air quality data set (X variables set). It is found that there are significant positive correlation between air quality and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Interior Affairs, Ankara, Turkey. mrtdrc@yahoo.com.|, Kemalpasa mahallesi Kardelen sitesi 4/1, Sakarya, Turkey. mrtdrc@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Darçın
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants