Mortality and morbidity due to exposure to outdoor air pollution in Mashhad metropolis, Iran. The AirQ model approach
Autor: | Gea Oliveri Conti, Margherita Ferrante, Hamideh Ebrahimi Aval, Mohammad Miri, Ehsan Ahmadi, Zahra Derakhshan, Ahmad Allahabadi |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Adolescent Air pollution Pulmonary disease 010501 environmental sciences Iran medicine.disease_cause complex mixtures 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Human health Young Adult Air Pollution Epidemiology medicine Humans Myocardial infarction Cities Mortality 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Aged Pollutant Air Pollutants business.industry Middle Aged Models Theoretical medicine.disease Total mortality Relative risk Particulate Matter business Demography |
Zdroj: | Environmental research. 151 |
ISSN: | 1096-0953 |
Popis: | In the past two decades, epidemiological studies have shown that air pollution is one of the causes of morbidity and mortality. In this study the effect of PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2 and O3 pollutants on human health among the inhabitants of Mashhad has been evaluated. To evaluate the health effects due to air pollution, the AirQ model software 3.3.2, developed by WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, was used. The daily data related to the pollutants listed above has been used for the short term health effects (total mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality, hospitalization due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute myocardial infarction). PM2.5 had the most health effects on Mashhad inhabitants. With increasing in each 10μg/m3, relative risk rate of pollutant concentration for total mortality due to PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and O3 was increased of 0.6%, 1.5%, 0.4%, 0.3% and 0.46% respectively and, the attributable proportion of total mortality attributed to these pollutants was respectively equal to 4.24%, 4.57%, 0.99%, 2.21%, 2.08%, and 1.61% (CI 95%) of the total mortality (correct for the non-accident) occurred in the year of study. The results of this study have a good compatibly with other studies conducted on the effects of air pollution on humans. The AirQ software model can be used in decision-makings as a useful and easy tool. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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