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. 2018 Mar 31;91(5):581–589. doi: 10.1007/s00420-018-1303-x

Table 6.

Spearman (rho) correlation coefficients (p value) between air pollution, perceived air pollution, health risk perception, symptoms related to these factors, and diseases

Air pollution (PM10, µg/m3) Perceived pollution Health risk perception Symptoms
Perceived pollutiona 0.042 (0.189)
Health risk perceptiona 0.027 (0.394) 0.634 (< 0.001)
Symptomsa 0.011 (0.730) 0.569 (< 0.001) 0.689 (< 0.001)
Diseases − 0.014 (0.666) 0.066 (0.038) 0.071 (0.025) 0.161 (< 0.001)

aAveraged values for traffic air pollution, street dust and industrial air pollution