Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research 2676-3478 2 1 2014 01 01 Health impact assessment of particulate matter in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran 54 62 40144 10.22102/jaehr.2014.40144 EN Gilas Hosseini Kurdistan Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Afshin Maleki Kurdistan Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran 0000-0001-8261-8717 Hassan Amini Kurdistan Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Shahab Mohammadi Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Omid Giahi Kurdistan Environmental Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Fardin Gharibi Deputy of Research, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Journal Article 2014 05 06 Air pollution is a major environmental issue in all regions of the world. We aimed to assess the health impacts of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter  10 µm (PM10) in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran. The air pollution data were obtained from Sanandaj Department of Environment Protection. The annual mortality and morbidity, including cardiovascular and respiratory diseases attributable to PM10 exposure were estimated using AirQ model, which is the proposed method for health impact assessment of air pollution by World Health Organization. The annual, winter, and summer averages of PM10 in 2013 were 81.5, 64.7, and 98.3 μg/m3, respectively. The total mortality, cardiovascular mortality, respiratory mortality, hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases, and hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases, respectively, were estimated 228, 120, 23, 118, and 305 cases. Approximately 11.7% of total mortality was associated with concentrations more than 20 μg/m3. This study was the first attempt to assess the health impacts of air pollution in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran. In summary, we found increased mortality and morbidity attributable to PM10 exposure.     https://jaehr.muk.ac.ir/article_40144_94c6f77d585195c80cf2213f4a3f9cd9.pdf