Department of Sociology, University of Washington, 211 Savery Hall, Box 353340, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, 2315 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Health Place. 2017 Nov;48:72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.006. Epub 2017 Oct 5.
This study is the first of its kind to utilize longitudinal, nationally representative panel data from the United States to assess the relationship between exposure to air pollution and reports of psychological distress. Using annual-average measures of air pollution in respondents' census blocks of residence we find that over the period 1999-2011 particulate matter 2.5 is significantly associated with increased psychological distress; this association remains even after controlling for a robust set of demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related covariates. This study suggests that public health efforts to reduce the personal and societal costs of mental illness should consider addressing not only individual characteristics and factors in the social environment, but also underexplored facets of the physical environment such as air pollution.
这项研究首次利用来自美国的具有代表性的纵向面板数据，评估了暴露于空气污染与心理困扰报告之间的关系。我们使用受访者居住的普查块的年度平均空气污染测量值，发现 2009 年至 2011 年期间，细颗粒物 2.5 与心理困扰的增加显著相关；即使在控制了一整套人口统计学、社会经济和与健康相关的协变量后，这种关联仍然存在。本研究表明，旨在降低精神疾病个人和社会成本的公共卫生工作应不仅考虑个人特征和社会环境中的因素，还应考虑物理环境中一些尚未充分探索的方面，如空气污染。
