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The association between urban pollutants and preterm birth occurrences: a case study of Mashhad-Iran

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Submitted   Mar 25, 2019
Published   Apr 4, 2019
Issue    Vol 1 No 2 (2019)
DOI   10.25082/REE.2019.02.002

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Marziye Norooziyan corresponding author
Physical Geography Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Fuziye Karami
Physical Geography Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Marzieh Shahdadnejad
Physical Geography Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Mahbobeh Nikbakht
Physical Geography Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Mohsen Abbasnia
Department of Meteorology, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Preterm birth and associated conditions are one of the biggest killers of children in the worldwide. In this regards, current study aimed at investigation of the relationship between air pollutants of Pm10, CO, O3, and SO2 and preterm birth occurrences recorded in Imam Reza (PUH) Hospital of Mashhad for a five-year period from 2007 to 2011. The results of quantile regression showed that the amount of atmospheric pollutants have an important role in rising preterm births. In this way, the pollutants of Pm10 and CO have revealed the strongest effect on preterm birth occurrences especially for the last three months of pregnancy. Moreover, preterm births mostly have occurred in warm seasons of spring and summer, while the seasonal average of pollutants concentration, excepting O3 pollutant, has shown rising in cold seasons of autumn and winter. However, reducing air pollution could also be effective in reducing preterm births across the world.

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urban pollutants, preterm birth, regression, Mashhad, Iran

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Norooziyan, M., Karami, F., Shahdadnejad, M., Nikbakht, M., & Abbasnia, M. (2019). The association between urban pollutants and preterm birth occurrences: a case study of Mashhad-Iran. Resources and Environmental Economics, 1(2), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.25082/REE.2019.02.002
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