Odeh Issam, Hussein Tareq
Department of Basic Sciences, Al Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130, Amman 11733, Jordan.
Department of Physics, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Sep 28;13(10):960. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13100960.
Knowledge of human activity patterns is needed in air pollution exposure and health risk assessment. However, human activity patterns have never been evaluated in the Eastern Mediterranean societies. Therefore, we investigated the activity pattern of 285 subjects (17-63 years) in Amman, Jordan during October to November, 2015. The subjects spent >80% of their time indoors during weekend days and >85% on workdays. They spent ~4.8% and ~5.7% in transportation during weekend days and workdays, respectively. Males had a different activity pattern than females on weekend days, but both genders had similar activity patterns on workdays. On workdays, males spent less time indoors than females. The activity pattern found in this study is a bit different than that for North Americans and Europeans, who spend more time indoors and in transit. The activity pattern found in this study was very different than that observed for Koreans, who spent about 59% and 67% indoors on workdays and weekend, respectively. The main outcomes of this survey can be utilized in human exposure studies. This study and the upcoming future studies have been encouraged and supported by the regional WHO office in Amman.
在空气污染暴露和健康风险评估中，需要了解人类活动模式。然而，东地中海地区的社会从未对人类活动模式进行过评估。因此，我们于2015年10月至11月对约旦安曼的285名受试者（17 - 63岁）的活动模式进行了调查。受试者在周末有超过80%的时间待在室内，工作日则超过85%。他们在周末和工作日分别有大约4.8%和5.7%的时间用于交通出行。男性在周末的活动模式与女性不同，但在工作日，男女的活动模式相似。在工作日，男性在室内度过的时间比女性少。本研究中发现的活动模式与北美人和欧洲人略有不同，后者在室内和出行上花费的时间更多。本研究中发现的活动模式与韩国人观察到的模式非常不同，韩国人在工作日和周末分别有约59%和67%的时间待在室内。本次调查的主要结果可用于人体暴露研究。本研究以及即将开展的未来研究得到了世界卫生组织安曼地区办事处的鼓励和支持。
