A review on the research progress related to ambient air pollution and depression.
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.02.021
- Author:
W Y SHI
1
;
J BAN
1
;
T T LI
1
;
X M SHI
2
Author Information
1. Department of Environmental Health Risk Assessment, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100021, China.
2. National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100021, China.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Ambient air pollution;
Depression;
Environmental health
- MeSH:
Air Pollutants/analysis*;
Air Pollution/statistics & numerical data*;
China;
Depression/epidemiology*;
Depressive Disorder;
Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data*;
Female;
Humans;
Particulate Matter/analysis*;
Research/trends*;
Residence Characteristics
- From:Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2018;39(2):245-248
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
It is reported that depression has caused heavy disease burden across the world, with an possible association between ambient air pollution and depressive symptoms. In this paper, we reviewed relative literature in this field and summarized the research events on association between ambient air pollution and depression, both in China and abroad and found that the results of the existed studies were inconsistent, with most studies showing that there existed a positive correlation between the exposure of air pollution and depression, but few studies showing the negative correlation or no correlation between the two.
