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Risk Analysis, Vol. 32, No. 12, 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01862.x A New Air Quality Perception Scale for Global Assessment of Air Pollution Health Effects ´ 1,2,∗ ´ 2 ¨ ´ 2 3 Severine Deguen, Claire Segala, Gaelle Pedrono, and Mounir Mesbah Despite improvements in air quality in developed countries, air pollution remains a major public health issue. To fully assess the health impact, we must consider that air pollution ex- posure has both physical and psychological effects; this latter dimension, less documented, is more difficult to measure and subjective indicators constitute an appropriate alternative. In this context, this work presents the methodological development of a new scale to measure the perception of air quality, useful as an exposure or risk appraisal metric in public health contexts. On the basis of the responses from 2,522 subjects in eight French cities, psychomet- ric methods are used to construct the scale from 22 items that assess risk perception (anxiety about health and quality of life) and the extent to which air pollution is a nuisance (senso- rial perception and symptoms). The scale is robust, reproducible, and discriminates between subpopulations more susceptible to poor air pollution perception. The individual risk factors of poor air pollution perception are coherent with those findings in the risk perception liter-