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DrDavidDajnak

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Deputy Head of ERG Modelling Group
 
 
 
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@article{Bakolis:2020:10.1007/s00127-020-01966-x,
author = {Bakolis, I and Hammoud, R and Stewart, R and Beevers, S and Dajnak, D and MacCrimmon, S and Broadbent, M and Pritchard, M and Shiode, N and Fecht, D and Gulliver, J and Hotopf, M and Hatch, SL and Mudway, IS},
doi = {10.1007/s00127-020-01966-x},
journal = {Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: the international journal for research in social and genetic epidemiology and mental health services},
pages = {1587--1599},
title = {Mental health consequences of urban air pollution: prospective population-based longitudinal survey},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01966-x},
volume = {56},
year = {2020}
}
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AB  - PURPOSE: The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently ranked air pollution as the major environmental cause of premature death. However, the significant potential health and societal costs of poor mental health in relation to air quality are not represented in the WHO report due to limited evidence. We aimed to test the hypothesis that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with poor mental health. METHODS: A prospective longitudinal population-based mental health survey was conducted of 1698 adults living in 1075 households in South East London, from 2008 to 2013. High-resolution quarterly average air pollution concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and oxides (NOx), ozone (O3), particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm (PM10) and < 2.5 μm (PM2.5) were linked to the home addresses of the study participants. Associations with mental health were analysed with the use of multilevel generalised linear models, after adjusting for large number of confounders, including the individuals' socioeconomic position and exposure to road-traffic noise. RESULTS: We found robust evidence for interquartile range increases in PM2.5, NOx and NO2 to be associated with 18-39% increased odds of common mental disorders, 19-30% increased odds of poor physical symptoms and 33% of psychotic experiences only for PM10. These longitudinal associations were more pronounced in the subset of non-movers for NO2 and NOx. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that traffic-related air pollution is adversely affecting mental health. Whilst causation cannot be proved, this work suggests substantial morbidity from mental disorders could be avoided with improved air quality.
AU  - Bakolis,I
AU  - Hammoud,R
AU  - Stewart,R
AU  - Beevers,S
AU  - Dajnak,D
AU  - MacCrimmon,S
AU  - Broadbent,M
AU  - Pritchard,M
AU  - Shiode,N
AU  - Fecht,D
AU  - Gulliver,J
AU  - Hotopf,M
AU  - Hatch,SL
AU  - Mudway,IS
DO  - 10.1007/s00127-020-01966-x
EP  - 1599
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0933-7954
SP  - 1587
TI  - Mental health consequences of urban air pollution: prospective population-based longitudinal survey
T2  - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: the international journal for research in social and genetic epidemiology and mental health services
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01966-x
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33097984
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00127-020-01966-x
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/83903
VL  - 56
ER  -
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