The cardiovascular and respiratory deaths attributed to sulfur dioxide in Kermanshah

Farhad Soltani; Gholamreza Goudarzi; Sahar Geravandi; Shokrolah Salmanzadeh; Ali Ghomeishi; Zahra Aslani; Elahe Zalaghi; Mohammadjavad Mohammadi

doi:10.22110/jkums.v19i6.2770

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https://doi.org/10.22110/jkums.v19i6.2770

The cardiovascular and respiratory deaths attributed to sulfur dioxide in Kermanshah

Author(s):

Farhad Soltani¹,

Gholamreza Goudarzi²,

Sahar Geravandi³,

Shokrolah Salmanzadeh⁴,

Ali Ghomeishi¹,

Zahra Aslani⁵,

Elahe Zalaghi⁶,

Mohammadjavad Mohammadi^7,*

1Dept. of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pain Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2Dept. of Environmental Health Engineering, Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

3Dept. of Nursing, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

4Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

5Dept. of Tropical Infectious Diseases, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

6Dept. of Environmental Health, Applied sciences Training Center, Ahvaz Municipality, Ahvaz, Iran

7Student Research Committee, Dept. of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences:Vol. 19, issue 6; e69795

Published online:Jan 29, 2016

Article type:Research Article

Received:Sep 28, 2015

Accepted:Nov 03, 2015

How to Cite:Farhad SoltaniGholamreza GoudarziSahar GeravandiShokrolah SalmanzadehAli GhomeishiZahra AslaniElahe ZalaghiMohammadjavad Mohammadiet al.The cardiovascular and respiratory deaths attributed to sulfur dioxide in Kermanshah.J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci.19(6):e69795.https://doi.org/10.22110/jkums.v19i6.2770.

Abstract

Background: Statistical-epidemiological models are mostly used to determine the health effects. These models combine the air quality data at intervals of concentrations with epidemiological parameters such as relative risk, baseline incidence and attributable proportion and display the results as morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular and respiratory deaths attributed to sulfur dioxide in Kermanshah, Iran.

Method: This analytical study was conducted in Kermanshah in 2011. First, SO2 data were obtained from Kermanshah department of environment and meteorology organization. Then, after processing by EXCEL software, the data were converted into input file to the Air Q model, and health effects were evaluated. Results: The results of this study showed that the annual mean of SO2 concentration in Kermanshah was 103 µg/m3. According to the research findings, the total cumulative number of cardiovascular and respiratory deaths attributed to exposure to SO2 was 295 and a total of 48 persons died due to respiratory diseases.

Conclusion: The high rate of deaths due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases can be attributed to high concentration of SO2 or perhaps continued high-concentration days in Kermanshah city.

Keywords

Evaluation

sulfur dioxide

cardiovascular mortality

respiratory mortality

Kermanshah

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Sahar Geravandi:[PubMed][Scholar]
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Zahra Aslani:[PubMed][Scholar]
Elahe Zalaghi:[PubMed][Scholar]
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