Journal of Basic Research in Medical Sciences
مجله ی تحقیقات پایه در علوم پزشکی
Journal of Basic Research in Medical Sciences
Medical Sciences
http://jbrms.medilam.ac.ir
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2015
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Health Impacts of Particulate Matter in Air using AirQ Model in Khorramabad City, Iran
Environmental health engineering
Environmental health engineering
پژوهشي
Research
Introduction: Air pollution due to particulate matter is a major environmental and health issue in all regions of the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the health impacts of PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤10μm) in Khorramabad city, Iran in 2014.
Materials and methods: In this study, PM10 sampling was conducted by a high-volume sampler at flow rate of 1.1-1.4 m3/min. The annual mortality and morbidity to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases attributable to PM10 exposure were estimated by AirQ software model. This model has been proposed to health impact assessment of atmospheric pollutants by World Health Organization (WHO).
Results: The annual, winter and summer averages of PM10 were 80.59, 58.28, and 80.59μg/m3, respectively. The total mortality, cardiovascular mortality, respiratory mortality, hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases and hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases were estimated 320, 304, 72, 507 and 201 cases, respectively.
Conclusion: In order to diminish the adverse health effects of particulate matter in Khorramabad city, health training by healthcare centers should be conducted to public people especially persons with chronic lung and heart diseases, elderly and children. Moreover, the efforts should be conducted in the governmental scale in order to control the Middle East dust storms (MED) sources.
Air Pollution, Health Impact Assessment, PM10, Mortality, Morbidity, AirQ
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Heshmatollah
Nourmoradi
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10031947532846001163
10031947532846001163
No
Gholamreza
Goudarzi
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10031947532846001164
10031947532846001164
No
Seyed Mohammad
Daryanoosh
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10031947532846001165
10031947532846001165
No
Fatemeh
Omidi-Khaniabadi
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10031947532846001166
10031947532846001166
No
Mehdi
Jourvand
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10031947532846001167
10031947532846001167
No
Yusef
Omidi-Khaniabadi
yusef_omidi@yahoo.com
10031947532846001168
10031947532846001168
Yes