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Asthma Disease As Cause of Admission to Hospitals Due to Exposure to Ambient Oxidants in Mashhad, Iran Publisher Pubmed



Ghaffari HR1, 2 ; Aval HE3 ; Alahabadi A4 ; Mokammel A5 ; Khamirchi R4 ; Yousefzadeh S2, 3 ; Ahmadi E2 ; Rahmanisani A4 ; Estaji M6 ; Ghanbarnejad A7 ; Gholizadeh A8 ; Taghavi M9 ; Miri M4, 8
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  9. 9. Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran

Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research Published:2017


Abstract

Nowadays, asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases, worldwide. Many reports have emphasized the correlation between the short-term exposure to the ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory diseases, especially among children with asthmatic symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the exposure to three atmospheric antioxidants (NO2, SO2, and O3) and hospital admission due to asthmatic disease (HAAD) in the city of Mashhad, Iran. The concentrations of atmospheric antioxidants were obtained from the real-time monitoring stations located in the city. The collected data were employed for developing predictive models in the AirQ software. In order to investigate the association between short-term exposure to air pollutants and HAAD, the study participants were categorized into two age groups: less than 15 and from 15 to 64 years old. The results indicated that in people less than 15 years increase in NO2 (attributable proportion (AP) = 3.775%, 95% CI 0.897–6.883%), SO2 (AP = 3.649%, 95% CI 1.295–5.937%), and O3 (AP = 0.554%,95% CI 0.00–3.321) results in increase in HAAD. While for those aged between 15 and 64 years, the AP was 4.192% (95% CI 0.450–7.662%) for NO2; 0.0% (95% CI 0.00–1.687%) for SO2; and 0.236% (95% CI 0.00–1.216%) for O3. The number of asthmatic cases who were less than 15 years admitted to the hospitals during the study period was higher than that of those within the age groups between 15 and 64 years as a consequence of exposure to NO2 (101 vs. 75), SO2 (98 vs. 0), and O3 (15 vs. 3), respectively. To the best of our knowledge, the AirQ model has not been applied before to estimate the effect of atmospheric antioxidant exposure on hospital admission because of asthma disease. Eventually, this model is proposed to be applicable for other cities around the world. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
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