ArticleBMJ open2015
Hydrogen sulfide and traffic-related air pollutants in association with increased mortality: a case-crossover study in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- The Scientific Basis for Occupational Exposure Limits for Hydrogen Sulphide-A Critical Commentary.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Association between Outdoor Air Pollution and Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarction in Lithuania between 2006 and 2015: A Time Series Design.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Cold Climate Impact on Air-Pollution-Related Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Ambient nitrogen dioxide is associated with emergency hospital visits for atrial fibrillation: a population-based case-crossover study in Reykjavik, Iceland.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Article
- Health effects associated with short-term exposure to hydrogen sulfide from geothermal power plants: a case-crossover study in the geothermal areas in Tuscany.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
- Pro-arrhythmic Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide in Healthy and Ischemic Cardiac Tissues: Insight From a Simulation Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Hydrogen sulphide increases pulmonary veins and atrial arrhythmogenesis with activation of protein kinase C.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2018Article
- Association between Daily Hydrogen Sulfide Exposure and Incidence of Emergency Hospital Visits: A Population-Based Study.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo study the association between daily mortality and short-term increases in air pollutants, both traffic-related and the geothermal source-specific hydrogen sulfide (H₂S).
designPopulation-based, time stratified case-crossover. A lag time to 4 days was considered. Seasonal, gender and age stratification were calculated. Also, the best-fit lag when introducing H₂S >7 µg/m(3) was selected by the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC).
settingThe population of the greater Reykjavik area (n=181,558) during 2003-2009.
participantsCases were defined as individuals living in the Reykjavik capital area, 18 years or older (N=138,657), who died due to all natural causes (ICD-10 codes A00-R99) other than injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, or cardiovascular disease (ICD-10 codes I00-I99) during the study period.
main outcome measurePercentage increases in risk of death (IR%) following an interquartile range increase in pollutants.
resultsThe total number of deaths due to all natural causes was 7679 and due to cardiovascular diseases was 3033. The interquartile range increased concentrations of H₂S (2.6 µg/m(3)) were associated with daily all natural cause mortality in the Reykjavik capital area. The IR% was statistically significant during the summer season (lag 1: IR%=5.05, 95% CI 0.61 to 9.68; lag 2: IR%=5.09, 95% CI 0.44 to 9.97), among males (lag 0: IR%=2.26, 95% CI 0.23 to 4.44), and among the elderly (lag 0: IR%=1.94, 95% CI 0.12 to 1.04; lag 1: IR%=1.99, 95% CI 0.21 to 1.04), when adjusted for traffic-related pollutants and meteorological variables. The traffic-related pollutants were generally not associated with statistical significant IR%s.
conclusionsThe results suggest that ambient H₂S air pollution may increase mortality in Reykjavik, Iceland. To the best of our knowledge, ambient H₂S exposure has not previously been associated with increased mortality in population-based studies and therefore the results should be interpreted with caution. Further studies are warranted to confirm or refute whether H₂S exposure induces premature deaths.
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