conclusions to reduce the impacts of particulate matter on health status of people in ilam, necessary training by health systems should be conducted for people, especially those with chronic lung and heart diseases, the elderly and children to reduce their activities on the dusty days. methods pm10 data was taken from the ilam environmental protection agency. the annual morbidity including hosp...

In the past two decades, epidemiological studies have shown that air pollution is one of the causes of morbidity and mortality. In this study the effect of PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2 and O3 pollutants on human health among the inhabitants of Mashhad has been evaluated. To evaluate the health effects due to air pollution, the AirQ model software 3.3.2, developed by WHO European Centre for Environment...

OBJECTIVES Concentrations of particulate matter that contains particles with diameter ≤ 10 mm (PM10) and diameter ≤ 2.5 mm (PM2.5) as well as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have considerable impact on human mortality, especially in the cases when cardiovascular or respiratory causes are attributed. Additionally, they affect morbidity. An estimation of human mortality and morbidity due to the increased ...

Outdoor air pollution is one of the biggest environmental risks to public health and a problem that affects everyone in low-, middle- high-income countries. Particulate matter (PM) common pollutant consisting mixture solid liquid particles suspended air. PM2.5 PM10 are most related. The World Health Organization declared Matter as carcinogen 2013. aim this study was calculate how much adult dea...

materials and methods in the first stage, no2 pollutant concentrations were measured using the data collected from air pollution monitoring stations. sampling was performed in six stations. the chosen stations have been based on the us environmental protection agency (epa) standards. in the next step, the data were processed using excel software and information was given to the airq model. data...

The aims of the present study were to provide quantitative data on the impact of air pollution on the health of people living in Tehran city, the most populated city of Iran. The approach proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) was applied using the AirQ 2.2.3 software developed by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Bilthoven Division. Concentrations of ozone, nitrogen ...

TOPIC: Allergy and Airway TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: The Asthma Impairment Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ™) is an equally weighted, 10-item, yes/no, control tool that assesses both symptom impairment exacerbation risk (a total score of 0-1 yes responses indicates well-controlled; 2-4, not 5-10, very poorly controlled asthma). AIRQ™ was validated in a cross-sectional study 442 patients all...