TOPIC: Allergy and Airway TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: The Asthma Impairment Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ™) is an equally weighted, 10-item, yes/no, control tool that assesses both symptom impairment exacerbation risk (a total score of 0-1 yes responses indicates well-controlled; 2-4, not 5-10, very poorly controlled asthma). AIRQ™ was validated in a cross-sectional study 442 patients all...

Several epidemiological and toxicological studies have shown that exposure to surface ozone increases deaths illnesses. Deteriorating air quality could lead health concerns in emerging countries such as Morocco. The aim of the present study was investigate long-term impact on Agadir residents by using AirQ+ model. reference values 2016 were daily yearly average concentrations. Two monitoring st...

Background & objectives:AirQ software proved to be a valid and reliable tool to estimate the potential short term effects of air pollution. In this study the AirQ2.2.3 model was used to evaluate adverse health effects caused by nitrogen dioxide(NO2) exposure in Ahvaz during 2009. Materials & Methods:The AirQ,developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to predi...

Background: Air pollutants have multiple adverse effects on human health. In this study, the health effects of exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) and SO2 in the air of 6 Iranian metropolises in 2011-2012 were examined. Methods: Raw data was collected from the Iranian Department of Environment and the Iran Meteorological Organization. After validation, the required statistical indices were calcul...

OBJECTIVES Concentrations of particulate matter that contains particles with diameter ≤ 10 mm (PM10) and diameter ≤ 2.5 mm (PM2.5) as well as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have considerable impact on human mortality, especially in the cases when cardiovascular or respiratory causes are attributed. Additionally, they affect morbidity. An estimation of human mortality and morbidity due to the increased ...

conclusions to reduce the impacts of particulate matter on health status of people in ilam, necessary training by health systems should be conducted for people, especially those with chronic lung and heart diseases, the elderly and children to reduce their activities on the dusty days. methods pm10 data was taken from the ilam environmental protection agency. the annual morbidity including hosp...

background: epidemiological studies have illustrated that exposure to atmospheric nitrogen oxides (no2/nox) is responsible for an increased risk of acute or chronic diseases such as cancer. in this study the health risks associated with nitrogen dioxide (no2) were assessed in the city of kermanshah, the capital of kermanshah province, iran. methods: data on hourly no2 levels that had been measu...