Health impact assessment of air pollution in Shiraz, Iran: a two-part study

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Masud Yunesian⁶  Mansour Shamsipour⁴  Ali Asghar Akhlaghi¹  Ramin Nabizadeh²  Hassan Amini³  Amir Hossein Mahvi⁵  Ehsan Gharehchahi² 

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Kurdistan Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran;Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

关键词: Shiraz;    Respiratory;    Particulate Matter;    Iran;    Health Impact Assessment;    Excess Hospitalizations;    COPD;    Cardiovascular Diseases;    AirQ;    Air Pollution;   

Others  :  820666
DOI  :  10.1186/2052-336X-11-11

 received in 2012-11-28, accepted in 2013-06-03,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

We aimed to assess health-impacts of short-term exposure to the air pollutants including PM₁₀, SO₂, and NO₂ in Shiraz, Iran in a two-part study from 2008 to 2010. In part I, local relative risks (RRs) and baseline incidences (BIs) were calculate using generalized additive models. In part II, we estimated the number of excess hospitalizations (NEHs) due to cardiovascular diseases (CDs), respiratory diseases (RDs), respiratory diseases in elderly group (RDsE—people older than 65 years old), and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPDs) as a result of exposure to air pollutants using AirQ model, which is proposed approach for air pollution health impact assessment by World Health Organization. In part I, exposure to increase in daily mean concentration of PM₁₀ was associated with hospitalizations due to RDs with a RR of 1.0049 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.0004 to 1.0110]. In addition, exposure to increase in daily mean concentration of SO₂ and NO₂ were associated with hospitalizations due to RDsE and COPDs with RRs of 1.0540 [95% CI, 1.0050 to 1.1200], 1.0950 [95% CI, 1.0700 to 1.1100], 1.0280 [95% CI, 1.0110 to 1.0450] and 1.0360 [95% CI, 1.0210 to 1.0510] per 10 μg/m³ rise of these pollutants, respectively. In part II, the maximum NEHs due to CDs because of exposure to PM₁₀ were in 2009—1489 excess cases (ECs). The maximum NEHs due to RDs because of exposure to PM₁₀ were in 2009—1163 ECs. Meanwhile, the maximum NEHs due to RDsE and COPDs because of exposure to SO₂ were in 2008, which are 520 and 900 ECs, respectively. In conclusion, elevated morbidity risks were found from acute exposure to air pollutants.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Gharehchahi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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