2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Impacts of aerosols in East and Southesst Asia on human health

Planned Research

Project Area	Impacts of aerosols in East Asia on plants and human health
Project/Area Number	20120013
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Review Section	Complex systems
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	HONDA Yasushi 筑波大学, 体育系, 教授 (20165616)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NAKAI Satoshi 横浜国立大学, 大学院・環境情報学研究科 (70217644)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	ONO Masaji 国立環境研究所, 環境健康研究センター (80125228) TAMURA Kenji 国立環境研究所, 環境健康研究センター (10179898) NITTA Hiroshi 国立環境研究所, 環境健康研究センター (40156138) UEDA Kayo 国立環境研究所, 環境健康研究センター (60444717)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2012
Keywords	浮遊粒子状物質 / 死亡 / 疫学 / 越境汚染
Research Abstract	This study aimed to evaluate the impact of aerosol on East Asia, especially on mortality with epidemiological method. We collected data on particulate matter concentration in major cities in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. We observed the influence of transboundary pollution on the particulate matter concentration in Kyushu area such as Fukuoka, but the influence was small in Tokyo. Effect on mortality was not significant, but Fukuoka tended to have higher mortality.