Health effects associated with short-term exposure to hydrogen sulfide from geothermal power plants: a case-crossover study in the geothermal areas in Tuscany.
Aged
Air Pollutants
/ adverse effects
Cardiovascular Diseases
/ epidemiology
Emergency Service, Hospital
Environmental Exposure
/ adverse effects
Female
Geothermal Energy
Hospitalization
Hot Springs
Humans
Hydrogen Sulfide
/ adverse effects
Italy
/ epidemiology
Male
Power Plants
Respiratory Tract Diseases
/ epidemiology
Case-crossover study
Geothermal areas
Geothermal energy
Hydrogen sulfide
Short-term health effects
Journal
International archives of occupational and environmental health
ISSN: 1432-1246
Titre abrégé: Int Arch Occup Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 7512134
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
received:
18
05
2019
accepted:
28
01
2020
pubmed:
9
2
2020
medline:
25
3
2021
entrez:
9
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Thirty-four geothermal power plants for the production of electricity are currently active in the geothermal areas in Tuscany. The present study aimed to investigate the association between short-term exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H This study used individual data on non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality, urgent hospital admissions (HA) and emergency department (ED) visits for cardiorespiratory diseases occurring from 2000 to 2017. All cases were georeferenced and matched to daily H A total of 8054 deaths, 30,527 HA and 15,263 ED visits occurred. Mortality for non-accidental (OR = 1.11, 90% CI 1.02-1.22) and cardiovascular causes (OR = 1.22, 90% CI 1.03-1.44) were associated with an increase of 10 µg/m In this case-crossover study in the Tuscan geothermal areas, short-term exposure to H
Identifiants
pubmed: 32034472
doi: 10.1007/s00420-020-01522-9
pii: 10.1007/s00420-020-01522-9
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Hydrogen Sulfide
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
669-682Subventions
Organisme : Regione Toscana
ID : Resolution N. 973
Pays : International
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