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, Golam Reza Goudarzi , Sahar Geravandi , Shokrollah Salmanzadeh , Mohammad Javad Mohammadi
Introduction: From human- made
pollutants, SO2 has been widely studied. This research aims to
estimate the respiratory deaths and COPD related to SO2 pollutant in
2011.
Methods: Firstly, the concentration
of SO2 pollutant was measured by GRIMM device in 2011 in five
stations in Tabriz. The data were processed by Excel software and fed to AIR Q
model.
Results: The result showed that the
maximum concentration of pollution was in Namaz square station as 33.79 µg/m3
and the minimum was in Baghshomal station at 6.57 µg/m3. The
results of model showed that in 2011, 13 cases of respiratory deaths in Tabriz
were ascribed to SO2. The cumulative number of COPD related to SO2
was 9.
Conclusion: The analysis and
comparison of means and maximum concentration of SO2 in five
stations in Tabriz during 24 hrs with air pollution index showed that there was
no problem of air pollution in terms of SO2 in 2011. The relative
risk of estimated medium limit with low certainty means an increase of 1% in
respiratory death risk for each 10 µg/m3 increase of SO2 concentration.
It is evident that for each increase of 10 µg/m3 in SO2 concentration,
the risk of COPD increases 0.44%.
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