Idani, E and Geravandi, s and Akhzari, M and Goudarzi, G and Alavi, N and Yari, A.R and Mehrpour, M and Khavasi, M and Bahmaei, J and Bostan, H and Dobaradaran, S and Salmanzadeh, S and Mohammadi, M.J (2020) Characteristics, sources, and health risks of atmospheric PM10-bound heavy metals in a populated middle eastern city. Toxin Reviews, 39 (3). pp. 266-274. ISSN 15569543
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This study reports on the characteristics, sources, and health risks of atmospheric PM10-bound heavy metals (HMs) on citizenship living in different regions of Ahvaz, Southwest of Iran were investigated during 2016–2017. A total of 84 samples were analyzed from different regions: (S1) industrial, (S2) high traffic, and (S3) residential. Blood samples were collected from people who came to the east health center of Ahvaz. High volume air samplers, equipped with quartz fiber filters (8 × 10) were utilized for sampling in this study. Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) was also used for HMs. Risk assessment and hazard index of these pollutants were estimated, using USEPA’s exposure parameters. Based on the results, the highest and the lowest concentration of HM were observed in industrial and residential areas. Blood’s HMs concentration for chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) were 2.932, 4.199, 8.425, and 71.2 μg/dL, respectively. In conclusion, increasing exposure concentration of HMs would have a significant potential for increased cancer and risk of diseases. The results of this study show that increasing exposure concentration to HM in the studied scenarios have a significant potential for generating different health endpoints, although exposing to HMs led to generating diseases in individuals particularly in polluted and populated districts; so, environmental measures should be considered by urban air authorities to mitigate the concentration of these pollutants in ambient air.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | air pollutant atmospheric blood health risks Heavy metals Middle Eastern |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > Environmental Health |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Depositing User: | خدیجه شبانکاره |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2020 09:34 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2020 09:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bpums.ac.ir/id/eprint/8988 |
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