Author/Authors :
geravandi, sahar islamic azad university, tehran medical sciences branch, - islamic azad university, tehran medical sciences branch,, ايران , goudarzi, gholamreza ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , yari, ahmad reza qom university of medical sciences and health services - qom university of medical sciences, ايران , idani, esmaeil ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , yousefi, farid ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , soltani, farhad ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , mohammadi, mohammad javad ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , salmanzadeh, shokrolah ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , nashibi, roohangiz ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , khishdost, maria ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , malihi, reza ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران , kalantar, farahmand ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences - ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, اهواز, ايران
Abstract :
background amp;amp; aims of the study : nbsp;ground-level ozone (glo) is the component of one of greatest concern that threatened human health in both developing as well as developed countries. the glo mainly enters the body through the respiration and can cause decrements in pulmonary complications, eye burning, shortness of breath, coughing, failure of immune defense, decreases forced vital capacity, reduce lung function of the lungs and increase rate of mortality. ahwaz with high emission air pollutants because of numerous industries is one of the metropolitan iranian polluted. the aim of this study is evaluate to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) and respiratory mortality related to glo in the air of metropolitan ahvaz during 2011. materials amp;amp; methods: we used the generalized additive air q model for estimation of copd and respiratory mortality attributed to glo pollutant. data of glo were collected in four monitoring stations ahvaz department of environment. raw data processing by excel software and at final step they were converted as input file to the air q model for estimate number of copd cases and respiratory mortality. results: according to result this study, the naderi and havashenasi had the highest and the lowest glo concentrations. the results of this study showed that cumulative cases of copd and respiratory mortality which related to glo were 34 and 30 persons, respectively. also, findings showed that approximately 11 % copd and respiratory mortality happened when the glo concentrations was more than 20 mu;g/m 3 . conclusions: exposure to glo pollution has stronger effects on human health in ahvaz. findings showed that there were a significant relationship between concentration of glo and copd and respiratory mortality. therefore; the higher ozone pollutant value can depict mismanagement in urban air quality. nbsp;
Keywords :
ground , level ozone , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , respiratory mortality , ahwaz , iran ,
