[Estimate of potential health benefits of the reduction of air pollution with PM10 in Trieste, Italy].
OBJECTIVE
Estimate of the possible benefits, in Trieste, of a reduction of PM10 to values not over 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 microg/mc, utilizing data of PM10 of the year 2002 as cause specific deaths and admissions.


METHODS
Cause specific deaths and admissions attributable to short term effects of PM10 calculated by software AirQ, utilizing Relative Risk from MISA 1 study (as published in 2002).


METHODS
Trieste (Italy).


METHODS
Cause specific deaths and admissions.


RESULTS
Using air pollution data for 2002, 1.8% (CI 95% 0.6%; 2.9%) of natural deaths, 2.2% (CI 95% 0.6%; 3.7%) of cardiovascular deaths and 2.5% (CI 95% 0; 7.3%) of respiratory deaths, 1.5% (CI 95% 0.6; 2.4%) of cardiovascular admissions and 1.6% (CI 95% 0; 3.3%) of respiratory admissions were attributable to PM10 concentrations over 20 microg/mc.


CONCLUSIONS
AirQ software proved to be a valid and reliable tool to estimate the potential short term effects of air pollution. Special attention is required to choose the relative risks to be utilized.
Tominz
Riccardo
R
Azienda per i servizi sanitari n.1 Triestina, Dipartimento di prevenzione, via de' Ralli 3, 34100 Trieste. riccardo.tominz@ass1.sanita.fvg.it
Mazzoleni
Barbara
B
Daris
Fulvio
F
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010316:Particle Size; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012984:Software; D014504:Urban Health
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