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ArticleAnnals of global health2018

Estimation of Short-term Mortality and Morbidity Attributed to Fine Particulate Matter in the Ambient Air of Eight Iranian Cities.

Majid Kermani, Gholamreza Goudarzi, Abbas Shahsavani, Mohsen Dowlati, Farshad Bahrami Asl, Sima Karimzadeh, Sevda Fallah Jokandan, Mina Aghaei, Babak Kakavandi, Babak Rastegarimehr and 2 more

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Article in Annals of global health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Majid KermaniResearch Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR.
Gholamreza GoudarziDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR.
Abbas ShahsavaniDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR.
Mohsen DowlatiResearch Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR.
Farshad Bahrami AslDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR.
Sima KarimzadehDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IR.
Sevda Fallah JokandanResearch Center for Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR.
Mina AghaeiCenter for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR.
Babak KakavandiResearch Center for Health, Safety and Environment, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, IR.
Babak RastegarimehrAbadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, IR.
Sasan Ghorbani-KalkhajehAbadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, IR.
Ramin TabibiAbadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, IR.

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Abstract

Amongst the various pollutants in the air, particulate matters (PM) have significant adverse effects on human health. The current research is based on existing epidemiological literature for quantitative estimation of the current health impacts related to particulate matters in some selected principal Iranian megacities. In order to find the influence of air pollution on human health, we used the AirQ software tool presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) European Centre for Environment and Health (ECEH), Bilthoven Division. The adverse health outcomes used in the study consist of mortality (all causes excluding accidental causes), due to cardiovascular (CVD) and respiratory (RES) diseases, and morbidity (hospital admissions for CVD and RES causes). For this purpose, hourly PM10 data were taken from the monitoring stations in eight study cities during 2011 and 2012. Results showed annual average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 in all megacities exceeded national and international air quality standards and even reached levels nearly ten times higher than WHO guidelines in some cities. Considering the short-term effects, PM2.5 had the maximum effects on the health of the 19,048,000 residents of the eight Iranian cities, causing total mortality of 5,670 out of 87,907 during a one-year time-period. Hence, reducing concentrations and controlling air pollution, particularly the presence of particles, is urgent in these metropolises.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionCardiovascular DiseasesCause of DeathCitiesEnvironmental ExposureHumansIranParticulate MatterRespiratory Tract DiseasesUrban HealthAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMCPMC6748288

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