Saharan dust and daily mortality in Emilia Romagna (Italy)

To investigate the association between Saharan dust outbreaks and natural, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality.MethodsA case–crossover design was adopted to assess the effects of Saharan dust days (SDD) on mortality in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The population under study consisted of residents in the six main towns of the central-western part of the region who died between August 2002 and December 2006. The association of Saharan dust outbreaks and PM10 concentration with mortality was estimated using conditional logistic regression, adjusted for apparent temperature, holidays, summer population decrease, flu epidemic weeks and heat wave days. The role of the interaction term between PM10 and SDD was analysed to test for effect modification induced by SDD on the PM10-mortality concentration–response function. Separate estimates were undertaken for hot and cold seasons. We found some evidence of increased respiratory mortality for people aged 75 or older on SDD. Respiratory mortality increased by 22.0% (95% CI 4.0% to 43.1%) on the SDD in the whole year model and by 33.9% (8.4% to 65.4%) in the hot season model. Effects substantially attenuated for natural and cardiovascular mortality with ORs of 1.042 (95% CI 0.992 to 1.095) and 1.043 (95% CI 0.969 to 1.122), respectively.ConclusionsOur findings suggest an association between respiratory mortality in the elderly and Saharan dust outbreaks. We found no evidence of an effect modification of dust events on the concentration–response relationship between PM10 and daily deaths. Further work should be carried out to clarify the mechanism of action.
 
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Paolo Bonasoni (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR) - Paolo Cristofanelli (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR) - Stefano Zauli Sajani (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection,ARPA,Modena) - Rossella Miglio (Department of Statistics, University of Bologna,) - Angela Marinoni (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR) - Claudio Sartini (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection,ARPA,Modena) - Carlo Alberto Goldoni (Local Health Authority,AUSL Modena) - Gianfranco De Girolamo (Local Health Authority,AUSL Modena) - Paolo Lauriola (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection,ARPA,Modena) (2010) . Saharan dust and daily mortality in Emilia Romagna (Italy). https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/0b8024ca-23bf-406e-af14-171b5843c77e
 

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Volume: 68, Issue: 6, Pages: 446-451

Zauli Sajani, S., Miglio, R., Bonasoni, P., Cristofanelli, P., Marinoni, A., Sartini, C., Goldoni, C.A., Girolamo, D.G., Lauriola, P.

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