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Majid Kermani, Mitra Gholami, Mina Aghaei, Farshad Bahrami-Asl, Abbas Shahsavani, Sima Karimzadeh et al . Quantification of Mortality and Hospital Admission Due to Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease Attributed to PM10 in 7 Metropolitans of Iran during 2011-2012. J Health Syst Res 2016; 12 (2) :132-139
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Majid Kermani1 
, Mitra Gholami2 , Mina Aghaei3 , Farshad Bahrami-Asl4 , Abbas Shahsavani5 , Sima Karimzadeh5 , Hossein Arfaeinia6
, Mitra Gholami2 , Mina Aghaei3 , Farshad Bahrami-Asl4 , Abbas Shahsavani5 , Sima Karimzadeh5 , Hossein Arfaeinia6
1- Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Professor, Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- PhD Candidate, Center for Air Pollution Research Institute for Environmental Research AND Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Corresponding Author: Mina Aghaei, Email: aghaei.mina11@yahoo.com
4- PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
5- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
6- PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Professor, Research Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- PhD Candidate, Center for Air Pollution Research Institute for Environmental Research AND Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Corresponding Author: Mina Aghaei, Email: aghaei.mina11@yahoo.com
4- PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
5- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
6- PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Background: Considering health and public health risks, particulate matters are the main pollutants of air and are associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity in long and short term exposures. Hence, the present study was performed with the aim of estimating the health impacts attributable to PM10 in the 7 cities of Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Arak, Ahwaz, and Urmia (Iran) during 2011-2012 using the AirQ model.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, to achieve the purposes of the study, initially, data on PM10 pollutant were obtained from the Department of Environment of the studied cities. After data validation, the required statistical parameters were calculated in order to quantify the health effects. The processed data were imported to the AirQ model, and the results of the model for each city were presented in the form of mortality and morbidity cases.Findings: The highest annual average concentrations of PM10 were observed in Ahwaz and Isfahan and were 193 and 127 μg/m3, respectively, which were almost 9.65 and 6.35 times the Iranian and World Health Organization (WHO) standards (20 µg/m3). Cumulative number of total mortality cases attributed to PM10 in Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Arak, Ahwaz, and Urmia were estimated at 634, 302, 542, 362, 123, 549, and 169 cases, respectively. From the total 122282 cases of hospital admission due to respiratory disease in the 7 cities, 8144 cases were attributed to PM10. Conclusion: The current study emphasized the adverse effects of particulate matter on human health. Therefore, it revealed the necessity of appropriate planning and implementation of effective measures to decrease the health consequences of air pollutants, such as particulate matter, on public health and control their detrimental effects.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
education health and promotion
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2016/07/15 | Published: 2016/07/15
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2016/07/15 | Published: 2016/07/15
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