Dusty Air Pollution is Associated with an Increased Risk of Allergic Diseases in Southwestern Part of Iran

Autor: Mohammad Kazzem Gheybi, Ali Movahed Movahed, Reyhaneh Dehdari, Shahram Amiri, Hassan Ali Khazaei, Mostafa Gooya, Fereshteh Dehbashi, Atena Fatemi, Neda Sovid, Gholamreza Hajiani, Rahim Tahmasebi, Sina Dobaraderan, Majid Assadi, Shokrollah Farrokhi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Vol 13, Iss 6 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-1502
1735-5249
Popis: Concerns have been raised about the adverse impact of dusty air pollution (DAP) on human health. The aim of this study was to find the association between dusty air pollution based on air quality index (AQI) and the risk of allergic diseases in southwestern provinces of Iran, with assessing cytokine profiles and lymphocyte immunophenotypes.In this case control study 148 individuals participated. The sampling was done in hazardous condition (AQI>300) as the case and clean air (AQI
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