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World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines 2021(AQGs 2021)
Habibeh Jafariniya Parizi[1], Shirin Khajeh Hosseini[2], Mohammad Mobini Lotfabad[3]
Received: 07/02/23 Sent for Revision: 21/02/23 Received Revised Manuscript: 25/02/23 Accepted: 27/02/23
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental risks to human health. Ambient air pollution caused 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2019. Particulate Matters are one of the most dangerous organic pollutants that are associated with heart and lung diseases, asthma attacks, reduced lung function, stroke, respiratory symptoms, and adverse birth outcomes. Considering the importance of air pollution and its effects on health, this article examines the statistics of deaths caused by air pollution in the world and Iran and deals with the new air quality guidelines of the World Health Organization and the strategies to achieve the level of the guidelines.
Key words: Air pollution, Particulate Matters, Air Quality Guidelines
How to cite this article: Jafariniya Parizi Habibeh, Khajeh Hosseini Shirin, Mobini Lotfabad Mohammad. World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines 2021 (AQGs 2021). J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2023; 22 (1): 103-08. [Farsi]
- MSc in Environmental Health Engineering, Sirjan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran
- MSc in Critical Nursing, Ali Ibn Abi Talib Hospital, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
- Instructor, Dept. of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Pistachio Safety Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran, ORCID: 0000-0003-2779-531X
(Corresponding Author) Tel: (034) 31315000, Fax: (034) 31315000, E-mail: mobinilk@gmail.com
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Environmental Health Received: 2023/02/7 | Accepted: 2023/02/27 | Published: 2023/05/20