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Khamutian R, Najafi F, Soltanian M, et al. The association between air pollution and weather conditions with increase in the number of admissions of asthmatic patients in emergency wards: a case study in Kermanshah. Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2015;29:229
Khamutian, R., Najafi, F., Soltanian, M., Shokoohizadeh, M. J., Poorhaghighat, S., Dargahi, A., Sharafi, K., & Afshari, A. (2015). The association between air pollution and weather conditions with increase in the number of admissions of asthmatic patients in emergency wards: a case study in Kermanshah. Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 29229.
Khamutian, Razieh, et al. "The association between air pollution and weather conditions with increase in the number of admissions of asthmatic patients in emergency wards: a case study in Kermanshah." Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran vol. 29 (2015): 229.
Khamutian R, Najafi F, Soltanian M, Shokoohizadeh MJ, Poorhaghighat S, Dargahi A, Sharafi K, Afshari A. The association between air pollution and weather conditions with increase in the number of admissions of asthmatic patients in emergency wards: a case study in Kermanshah. Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2015 Jul 07;29:229. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26478887; PMCID: PMC4606958.
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Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2015 Jul 07;29:229. eCollection 2015.

The association between air pollution and weather conditions with increase in the number of admissions of asthmatic patients in emergency wards: a case study in Kermanshah.

Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Razieh Khamutian, Farid Najafi, Mohammad Soltanian, Mohamad Javad Shokoohizadeh, Saeedeh Poorhaghighat, Abdollah Dargahi, Kiomars Sharafi, Alireza Afshari

Affiliations

  1. PhD Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  2. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  3. Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Engineering, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  4. MSc Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Students Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  5. MSc Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Students Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  6. PhD Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  7. PhD Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. [email protected].
  8. PhD Student of Biostatistics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. [email protected].

PMID: 26478887 PMCID: PMC4606958

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Industrialization and urbanization had a devastating impact on public health and caused an increase in health related morbidity and mortality. In fact, asthma is a chronic condition which is considered as one of the significant challenges of public health. In this study, we investigated the association of air pollution and weather conditions with excess emergency ward admissions of asthmatic patients in Kermanshah hospitals.

METHODS: This was an ecological study. The total number of hospital admissions to emergency wards from all related and major hospitals of Kermanshah was collected from September 2008 through August 2009. In addition, data on air pollution as well as meteorological data were collected from the Environmental Protection Agency and Meteorological Organization of Kermanshah. To determine the association between the number of hospitalization due to asthma with those parameters, Poisson regression was used.

RESULTS: The results of Poisson regression revealed a significant association between carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and temperature with emergency room visits due to asthma in Kermanshah. No associations were found for sulfur dioxide or for particulate matter.

CONCLUSION: This study provides further evidence for the significant effect of monoxide carbon on asthma; and it suggests that temperature may have a role in the exacerbation of asthma. However, due to the multi-factorial nature of asthma, other factors also play a major role in the development and exacerbation of this illness.

Keywords: Air Pollution; Asthma; Iran; Weather

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