Chiharu Nishijima, Kenji Harada, Osamu Katayama, Satoshi Kurita, Masanori Morikawa, Ryo Yamaguchi, Kazuya Fujii, Yuka Misu, Daisuke Kakita, Hiroyuki Shimada
Association between perceived value of adopting new behaviors and incident disability among Japanese community-dwelling older adults
Preventive medicine
petrochemical industry produces many air pollutants production airborne particulate matters pm10 pm25 sulfur oxides nitrogen oxides volatile organic compounds carbon oxides etc petrochemical industrial accidents likely cause major air pollution hazards short period therefore study simulated diffusion performed air pollution spatial risk analysis potential air pollutants generated petrochemical industry using meteorological observation data 2017 2019 study targets 6 naphtha cracker complex petrochemical industrial park 6ncc formosa petrochemical corporation taichung thermal power plant ttpp central taiwan used industrial source complex model short term iscst3 air simulation model developed us environmental protection agency simulate pollutant diffusion different weather conditions seasons air pollution spatial risk investigated neighboring hospitals schools pollutant emission diffusion provide feedback petrochemical related industrys risk management emission areas 6ncc ttpp southwest since main air pollution accumulation diffusion northeast monsoon season october march air pollution april september year evenly distributed pollutant concentrations low directions approximately half concentration winter simulated air pollutant concentrations often overlapped high risk population clusters schools hospitals 6ncc posed little impact nearby schools throughout year whereas ttpp posed relatively low risks nearby schools hospitals summer slightly higher risk shenren elementary school shengang township changhua county winter overall 6ncc posed higher risk mailiao taixi townships yunlin county whereas ttpp posed higher risk longjing district taichung city shengang xianxi townships changhua county particularly winter results study help petrochemical industry public health authority wider manage air pollution risks