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IJE Advance Access published online on July 20, 2007
International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dym143
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2007; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Linking particulate matter and sulphur concentrations to air pollution annoyance: problems of measurement, scale and control

Samuel D Brody1,* and Sammy Zahran2

1Environmental Planning & Sustainability Research Unit, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, TAMU 3137, College Station, TX 77843-3137, USA.
2Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, B235 Clark Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1784, USA.

*Corresponding author. Environmental Planning & Substainability Research Unit, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, TAMU 3137, College Station, TX 77843–3137, USA. E-mail: sbrody@archmail.tamu.edu

Accepted 2 April 2007

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Jacquemin et al. address an important topic in the field of epidemiology and public health by increasing understanding of the triggers of air pollution annoyance across 25 population centres in 14 countries in Europe. No study, however commendable, is without its limitations and this one is no exception. We offer a commentary of their article ‘Annoyance Due to Air Pollution in Europe’ as a means to enhance future study of air pollution perceptions. Our assessment focuses on three elements of their research: (i) measurement of the dependent variable, air pollution annoyance; (ii) problems associated with the spatial scale used to estimate air pollution exposure and (iii) the exclusion of statistical controls routinely used in the risk perception literature.


   Measuring air pollution annoyance
 
A potential problem with the measurement of the dependent variable is the restriction of the question of air pollution annoyance to the specific condition of keeping a window open. By this . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Measuring air pollution and the problem of scale
 

   Measuring independent variables
 

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