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- Title
Exposure to PM, NO, and O and impacts on human health.
- Authors
Goudarzi, Gholamreza; Khaniabadi, Yusef; Daryanoosh, Seyed; Borgini, Alessandro; Tittarelli, Andrea; De Marco, Alessandra
- Abstract
Air pollution is emerging as a risk factor for human health like cancer and other health outcomes in developing countries, especially Iran where air pollutant concentrations are elevated. Additionally, some of the crucial environmental problems are caused by air pollution. Nevertheless, the data on health effects of air pollution are limited. The main objective of this study was to assess the health impacts attributed to particulate matter less than 10 μg/m (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO), and ozone (O) in Kermanshah City (Iran). The diurnal averages of PM and NO levels and 1-h averages of O concentrations were applied to assess the cardiovascular mortality due to exposure to these pollutants during the years 2014 and 2015. The excess number of cardiovascular mortality was estimated by relative risk (RR) and baseline incidence (BI) defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). The excess in mortality risk for cardiovascular diseases is of 188 premature deaths related to PM, 33 related to NO, and 83 related to O, respectively. The results indicate that a 10-μg/m change in PM, NO, and O generates a relative risk of 1.066, 1.012, and 1.020, respectively. The excess of relative risk is of 6.6, 1.2, and 2.0%, respectively. Immediate policies and actions are needed to reduce the various sources of these pollutants from transport and energy manufacture facilities in Kermanshah.
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 3, p2781
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-016-8038-6