ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2011
Saharan dust and associations between particulate matter and daily mortality in Rome, Italy.
Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03503812 (Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches), which is not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches: Assessment of Health Outcomes in Children With Asthma and in Adults With Atrial Fibrillation During Desert Dust Storms (With vs Without Interventions)
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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Abstract
backgroundOutbreaks of Saharan-Sahel dust over Euro-Mediterranean areas frequently induce exceedances of the Europen Union's 24-hr standard of 50 μg/m3 for particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter ≤ than 10 μm (PM10).
objectivesWe evaluated the effect of Saharan dust on the association between different PM fractions and daily mortality in Rome, Italy.
methodsIn a study of 80,423 adult residents who died in Rome between 2001 and 2004, we performed a time-series analysis to explore the effects of PM2.5, PM2.5-10, and PM10 on natural, cardiac, cerebrovascular, and respiratory mortality. We defined Saharan dust days by combining light detection and ranging (LIDAR) observations and analyses from operational models. We tested a Saharan dust-PM interaction term to evaluate the hypothesis that the effects of PM, especially coarse PM (PM2.5-10), on mortality would be enhanced on dust days.
resultsInterquartile range increases in PM2.5-10 (10.8 μg/m3) and PM10 (19.8 μg/m3) were associated with increased mortality due to natural, cardiac, cerebrovascular, and respiratory causes, with estimated effects ranging from 2.64% to 12.65% [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.18-25.42%] for the association between PM2.5-10 and respiratory mortality (0- to 5-day lag). Associations of PM2.5-10 with cardiac mortality were stronger on Saharan dust days (9.73%; 95% CI, 4.25-15.49%) than on dust-free days (0.86%; 95% CI, -2.47% to 4.31%; p = 0.005). Saharan dust days also modified associations between PM10 and cardiac mortality (9.55% increase; 95% CI, 3.81-15.61%; vs. dust-free days: 2.09%; 95% CI, -0.76% to 5.02%; p = 0.02).
conclusionsWe found evidence of effects of PM2.5-10 and PM10 on natural and cause-specific mortality, with stronger estimated effects on cardiac mortality during Saharan dust outbreaks. Toxicological and biological effects of particles from desert sources need to be further investigated and taken into account in air quality standards.
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