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9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
The report of 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health by Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand
Application Code :
306-0215-0097
 
Created Date : Wednesday, July 1, 2015 18:28:09Update Date : Sunday, September 20, 2015 08:41:55
IP Address : 194.225.213.60Submit Date : Monday, September 14, 2015 14:05:35Email : hassanvand@tums.ac.ir
Personal Information
Name : Mohammad Sadegh
Surname : Hassanvand
School/Research center : Institute for Environmental Research (IER)
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Position : Assistant professor
Tel : +98-21-88978395
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health
Title of your Abstract : Long/short-term effects of air pollution in Tehran, Iran
Country : Switzerland
From : Sunday, September 6, 2015
To : Thursday, September 10, 2015
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : A broad range of adverse health outcomes due to short- and long-term exposure to air pollutants, at levels usually experienced by urban populations throughout the world, are established. In the present work, we estimated the chronic and acute effects of air pollution on the health of inhabitants in Tehran city, the capital of Iran. 
We applied the approach proposed by WHO using the AirQ 2.2.3 software. Concentrations of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and O3 in 2014 were used to assess exposure and long and short-term effects. The annual average of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 and O3 were 78.8, 32.0, 49.9, 85.7 and 35. 8 µg/m3, respectively. Considering long and short-term effects, PM had the highest health impact on the 9,000,000 inhabitants of Tehran city. 
Our results showed that the magnitude of the health impact estimated for the city of Tehran highlights the need for urgent action to reduce the health burden of air pollution and the AirQ software seems an effective and easy tool, helpful in decision-making.
Keywords of your Abstract : Air Pollution; Heath effect of air pollution; Tehran
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/25345/Forms/306/Acceptance_2.pdf
The presentation : Poster
The Cover of Abstract book : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/25345/Forms/306/cover_of_abstracts.pdf
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/25345/Forms/306/published paper_1.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? : ISI
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : about 1800 volunteers
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : UK, Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, USA, Australia, Canada, Ghana, South Africa, Brazil, ...
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : Yes
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What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : I had been participated at the 9th european congress to learn of the last methodology for health ipmact assessment and discuss to international expert about our condition for air pollution.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : Prof. Nino Künzli, MD PhD
Deputy Director Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (SwissTPH) and Head of Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Dean of Study Swiss School of Public Health
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : I think it is useful if we talk with the scientific commite of the congress for inform us about next congress...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : As a matter of fact all of things were good............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : The present congress was very useful for me, because in the congress I saw the last studies in the world about air pollution and health and I had been presented our situation in the field of air pollution.
In addition I learn about:
how clean air acts established in the upper income conteries. 
how air pollutants measured in monitoring stations
what the global heath issuses are
spatial pattern of air pollution in some conteries.
temporal trends of air pollution in some conteries.
how estimate the health effects of air pollutants
globalization of clean air acts