Health impacts quantification of ambient air pollutants using AirQ model approach in Hamadan, Iran

Environmental Research

Volumn 161, Issue , 2018, Pages 114-121

  Bahrami Asl, Farshad ^a   Leili, Mostafa ^b   Vaziri, Yaser ^a   Salahshour Arian, Soheila ^c   Cristaldi, Antonio ^d   Oliveri Conti, Gea ^d   Ferrante, Margherita ^d  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AirQ model; Criteria air pollutants; Hamadan; Health impacts quantification; Iran

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; WIND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE EAST;

HAMADAN; IRAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85032993089     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.050     Document Type: Article

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