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Review
. 2022 Apr 12:9:842-847.
doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.03.045. eCollection 2022.

Estimation of the effects PM2.5, NO2, O3 pollutants on the health of Shahrekord residents based on AirQ+ software during (2012-2018)

Davood Jalili Naghan  1 , Abdolkazem Neisi  2 , Gholamreza Goudarzi  2 , Maryam Dastoorpoor  3 , Abdolmajid Fadaei  4 , Kambiz Ahmadi Angali  3
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Estimation of the effects PM2.5, NO2, O3 pollutants on the health of Shahrekord residents based on AirQ+ software during (2012-2018)

Davood Jalili Naghan et al. Toxicol Rep. .

Abstract

Research objectives: Intertwined with modern life, air pollution is not a new phenomenon. Air pollution imposes a significant number of deaths and disease complications on society, and therefore it is very important to determine the extent of its effects on health in any society. This study sought to evaluate the concentration and short-term and long-term excess mortality attributed to PM2.5, NO2 and O3 observed in Shahrekord.

Procedure: Hourly concentrations of PM2.5, O3, and NO2 measured at different stations of the Shahrekord Monitoring Network were obtained from the Shahrekord Department of Environment (DOE). Then, for different air quality monitoring stations, the average 24-hour PM2.5 concentration, the one-hour average NO2 concentration and the maximum 8-hour daily O3 concentration were calculated using Excel 2010. When the maximum 8-hour daily ozone level exceeds 35, it drops below 35 to calculate the SOMO35 index for modeling.

Results: The death rates of IHD, COPD, lung cancer and ALRI and stroke related to PM2.5 were 176, 7, 0, 10, 105, respectively. The effect of ozone on respiratory mortality was zero. During the study period in Shahrekord, no respiratory mortality was determined due to ozone and acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI). this study is first ever study on health effects of air pollution in shahrekord city.

Conclusion: A significant number of deaths due to air pollutants in Shahrekord have been reported. It can be concluded that by designing and implementing strategies and measures to control air pollution, both health effects and economic losses are prevented.

Keywords: AirQ+; Estimation; Health effect; Mortality; Shahrekord.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Annual averages and standard deviations of the PM2.5, NO2, and O3 during the study period in ambient air of Shahrekord City.
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