National environment health survey 2007
This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Description
The environmental health survey is carried out in collaboration between the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and the Statistics Sweden, on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The study has been conducted in 1999, 2007 and 2015.
The National environment health survey 2007 (NMHE 07) was sent to 43905 randomly selected persons in the hole country. The target population were everyone aged 18-80 living in Sweden during the last five years.
Statistics Sweden (SCB) in association with occupation and environment- medicine (AMM) at Stockholm county has and sent out the questionnaires. They also have sent out reminders and transformed answered questionnaires to data files. SCB has completed answered questionnaires with register data and unidentified the data file. The investigation was approved by the Regional ethical committee in Stockholm.
In order to made follow up studies possible, SCB has a code-key making it possible to identify participants in the future. NMHE 07 has been constructed so that answers from the questionnaire is possible to compare with N
Subject area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
housing, medicinal drugs, smoking, cardiovascular diseases, public health, mental health, tinnitus, coughing, transport, passive smoking, Environment and Public Health, Epidemiologic Studies, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Signs and Symptoms, Population Surveillance, Hearing Loss, Risk Factors, Diet, Asthma, Noise, Eczema, Emphysema, Questionnaires, Hypertension, Air Pollution, Drug Utilization, Nasal Obstruction, Smoke, Hypersensitivity, water services (buildings), parks, housing conditions, green belt areas, cross-sectional study, traffic noise, bronchitis, smell, locomotion, EpiHealth_Skåne, Scania
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Public Health Agency of Sweden, Institute of Environmental Medicine
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Identifiers
SND-ID: EXT 0066
Description
The environmental health survey is carried out in collaboration between the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet and the Statistics Sweden, on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The study has been conducted in 1999, 2007 and 2015.
The National environment health survey 2007 (NMHE 07) was sent to 43905 randomly selected persons in the hole country. The target population were everyone aged 18-80 living in Sweden during the last five years.
Statistics Sweden (SCB) in association with occupation and environment- medicine (AMM) at Stockholm county has and sent out the questionnaires. They also have sent out reminders and transformed answered questionnaires to data files. SCB has completed answered questionnaires with register data and unidentified the data file. The investigation was approved by the Regional ethical committee in Stockholm.
In order to made follow up studies possible, SCB has a code-key making it possible to identify participants in the future. NMHE 07 has been constructed so that answers from the questionnaire is possible to compare with N
Time period(s) investigated
2007-03 — 2007-09
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
All individuals aged between 18-80, who have been resident in Sweden for the last five years.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
housing, medicinal drugs, smoking, cardiovascular diseases, public health, mental health, tinnitus, coughing, transport, passive smoking, Environment and Public Health, Epidemiologic Studies, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Signs and Symptoms, Population Surveillance, Hearing Loss, Risk Factors, Diet, Asthma, Noise, Eczema, Emphysema, Questionnaires, Hypertension, Air Pollution, Drug Utilization, Nasal Obstruction, Smoke, Hypersensitivity, water services (buildings), parks, housing conditions, green belt areas, cross-sectional study, traffic noise, bronchitis, smell, locomotion, EpiHealth_Skåne, Scania
Is part of collection at SND
Associated documentation
National environment health survey 2007
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Antonios Georgelis - Stockholms läns landsting, Centrum för Arbets- och miljömedicin
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2007-03 — 2007-09
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Source of the data: Population group
Time period(s) investigated
2007-03 — 2007-09
Number of individuals/objects
25851
Response rate/participation rate
59