Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

Background: Despite the fact that Iran has been exposed to severe dust storms during the past 2 decades, few studies have investigated the health effects of these events in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the association between dust storms and daily non-accidental, cardiovascular, and resp...

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Autores principales:	Hamidreza Aghababaeian, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Ali Ardalan, Ali Asgary, Mehry Akbary, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad, Rahim Sharafkhani, Carolyn Stephens
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:298eea4580a04c4e9fa67301ed9113212021-11-21T01:03:56ZEffect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran1178-630210.1177/11786302211060152https://doaj.org/article/298eea4580a04c4e9fa67301ed9113212021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/11786302211060152https://doaj.org/toc/1178-6302Background: Despite the fact that Iran has been exposed to severe dust storms during the past 2 decades, few studies have investigated the health effects of these events in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the association between dust storms and daily non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in Dezful City (Khuzestan Province, Iran) during 2014 to 2019. Methods: In this study, mortality, meteorological, and climatological data were obtained from the Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Meteorological Organization, and Department of Environment in Khuzestan Province, respectively. Days of dust storm were identified based on the daily concentration threshold of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM 10 ) according to Hoffmanns҆ definition, and then an ecological time-series was used to estimate the short-term effects of dust storms on daily mortality. Statistical analysis was performed using a distributed lag linear model (DLM) and a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) packages by R software and the study results were reported as excess mortality. Results: During the study period, 15 223 deaths were recorded, and 139 dust storms occurred in Dezful city. In addition, there was statistically significant excess risk of mortality due to dust storms in Dezful City (mortality in the group under 15 years of age, lag 4 : 34.17% and 15-64 years of age groups, lag 5 : 32.19%, lag 6 : 3.28%), also dust storms had statistically significant effects on respiratory mortality (lag 6 : 5.49%). Conclusion: The findings of the current study indicate that dust storms increase the risk of mortality with some lags. An evidence-based early warning system may be able to aware the people of the health effects of dust storms.Hamidreza AghababaeianAbbas OstadtaghizadehAli ArdalanAli AsgaryMehry AkbaryMir Saeed YekaninejadRahim SharafkhaniCarolyn StephensSAGE PublishingarticleEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENEnvironmental Health Insights, Vol 15 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Hamidreza Aghababaeian Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh Ali Ardalan Ali Asgary Mehry Akbary Mir Saeed Yekaninejad Rahim Sharafkhani Carolyn Stephens Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran
description	Background: Despite the fact that Iran has been exposed to severe dust storms during the past 2 decades, few studies have investigated the health effects of these events in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the association between dust storms and daily non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in Dezful City (Khuzestan Province, Iran) during 2014 to 2019. Methods: In this study, mortality, meteorological, and climatological data were obtained from the Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Meteorological Organization, and Department of Environment in Khuzestan Province, respectively. Days of dust storm were identified based on the daily concentration threshold of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM 10 ) according to Hoffmanns҆ definition, and then an ecological time-series was used to estimate the short-term effects of dust storms on daily mortality. Statistical analysis was performed using a distributed lag linear model (DLM) and a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) packages by R software and the study results were reported as excess mortality. Results: During the study period, 15 223 deaths were recorded, and 139 dust storms occurred in Dezful city. In addition, there was statistically significant excess risk of mortality due to dust storms in Dezful City (mortality in the group under 15 years of age, lag 4 : 34.17% and 15-64 years of age groups, lag 5 : 32.19%, lag 6 : 3.28%), also dust storms had statistically significant effects on respiratory mortality (lag 6 : 5.49%). Conclusion: The findings of the current study indicate that dust storms increase the risk of mortality with some lags. An evidence-based early warning system may be able to aware the people of the health effects of dust storms.
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author	Hamidreza Aghababaeian Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh Ali Ardalan Ali Asgary Mehry Akbary Mir Saeed Yekaninejad Rahim Sharafkhani Carolyn Stephens
author_facet	Hamidreza Aghababaeian Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh Ali Ardalan Ali Asgary Mehry Akbary Mir Saeed Yekaninejad Rahim Sharafkhani Carolyn Stephens
author_sort	Hamidreza Aghababaeian
title	Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran
title_short	Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran
title_full	Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran
title_fullStr	Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran
title_sort	effect of dust storms on non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: a case of dezful city in iran
publisher	SAGE Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/298eea4580a04c4e9fa67301ed911321
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Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

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