Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Box 414, Gothenburg S-405 30, Sweden.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Apr 3;10(4):1418-38. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10041418.
In 1992, 1998, and 2006, questionnaires were sent to stratified samples of residents aged 18-75 years living near petrochemical industries (n = 600-800 people on each occasion) and in a control area (n = 200-1,000). The aims were to estimate the long-term prevalence and change over time of annoyance caused by industrial odour, industrial noise, and worries about possible health effects, and to identify risk indicators. In 2006, 20% were annoyed by industrial odour, 27% by industrial noise (1-4% in the control area), and 40-50% were worried about health effects or industrial accidents (10-20% in the control area). Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed significantly lower prevalence of odour annoyance in 1998 and 2006 than in 1992, while industrial noise annoyance increased significantly over time. The prevalence of worry remained constant. Risk of odour annoyance increased with female sex, worry of health effects, annoyance by motor vehicle exhausts and industrial noise. Industrial noise annoyance was associated with traffic noise annoyance and worry of health effects of traffic. Health-risk worry due to industrial air pollution was associated with female sex, having children, annoyance due to dust/soot in the air, and worry of traffic air pollution.
1992 年、1998 年和 2006 年,向居住在石化工业区附近(每次抽样调查人数为 600-800 人)和对照区(每次抽样调查人数为 200-1000 人)的 18-75 岁居民发放了分层样本问卷。目的是评估工业异味、工业噪声引起的长期烦恼的流行率及其随时间的变化,并确定风险指标。2006 年,20%的人对工业异味感到烦恼,27%的人对工业噪声感到烦恼(对照区为 1-4%),40-50%的人担心可能的健康影响或工业事故(对照区为 10-20%)。多变量逻辑回归分析显示,1998 年和 2006 年的异味烦恼发生率明显低于 1992 年,而工业噪声烦恼则随着时间的推移显著增加。烦恼发生率保持不变。异味烦恼的风险随着女性、对健康影响的担忧、机动车尾气和工业噪声的烦恼而增加。工业噪声烦恼与交通噪声烦恼和对交通健康影响的担忧有关。对工业空气污染的健康风险担忧与女性、有子女、对空气中灰尘/烟尘的烦恼以及对交通空气污染的担忧有关。