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Evaluation of O3 and NOx Pollution Based
on People’s Perception
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School of Materials Science and Food Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,
Zhongshan Institute, Zhongshan City 528400, Guangdong Province, China
Submission date: 2021-01-31
Final revision date: 2021-05-21
Acceptance date: 2021-05-24
Online publication date: 2021-11-22
Publication date: 2022-01-28
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Yuping Jiang
School of Materials Science & Food Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(1):979-984
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ABSTRACT
Both NOx and O3 are irritants and harmful pollutants for human health, and it is very reasonable
and important to evaluate their effects by combining public perceptions. Five groups of pollutant
concentrations and scores (98 healthy people) were available at the same site. Using the optimal Weber
constant and Weber-Fischna-Law (W-F-L) change, the results showed that O3 and NOx were the main
irritants compared with other factors in our experiment, and most assessments were approximately
in agreement with the pollution level and people’s perception rules. In addition, due to the lack of
calculation unity and the essential concept for the present Weber constant, the true value based on real
human perceptions was first obtained based on the findings that the exact match between concentrations
and score means was the unique breakthrough.