Health impact assessment of short-term exposure to NO2 in Kermanshah, Iran using AirQ model
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health impact assessment of short-term exposure to no2 in kermanshah, iran using airq model
background: epidemiological studies have illustrated that exposure to atmospheric nitrogen oxides (no2/nox) is responsible for an increased risk of acute or chronic diseases such as cancer. in this study the health risks associated with nitrogen dioxide (no2) were assessed in the city of kermanshah, the capital of kermanshah province, iran. methods: data on hourly no2 levels that had been measu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Engineering and Management
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2423-3765,2423-4311
DOI: 10.15171/ehem.2016.06