Air pollution and hospital admissions due to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in Ahvaz, Iran

摘要: There are limited studies on the relation between short-term exposure to air pollutants and risk of deep venous thrombosis (DVT). The aim this study was determine concentration these hospital admissions due DVT in Ahvaz, which is one world's highly polluted cities. Daily data including O3, NO, NO2, SO2, CO, PM10, PM2.5and were collected from2008until 2018. Quasi-Poisson regression combined with linear distributed lag models; adjusted for trend, seasonality, temperature, relative humidity, weekdays, holidays used assess daily average admission DVT. results showed that there a significant increase total, men, women, elderly populations NO NO2. also male ≤60 years related PM10; among female old populations, PM2.5. Finally, positive associations SO2 CO incidence men respectively. show possible effect pollution Further required investigate whether direct interventions through industry government policy may alter impact specific order other identified health complications.