for determination of so2 concentration and its variation due to time and location within tehran air-shed area, department of environmental health, school of public health installed two units of semiautomatic air sampler, in tehran university campus and ghazvin-square area. collected samples were analyzed according to hydrogen peroxide method and for each month arithmetic mean was calculated. th...

background : heavy metals and pah s in flue gas have received considerable attention in recent years due to their mutagenic or carcinogenic properties. pah s are products of incomplete combustion of carbonaceous compounds at high temperatures. heavy metals are released into the ambient air from the same sources as those earlier mentioned for pah s . the present study was carried out to investig...

background: given the increasing importance of suspended particles and reporting weather conditions in the amount of ultraviolet radiation in many countries, in this study, the data of the maximum amounts of pollution by suspended particles with the size of 10, 2.5 and1 microns (pm10, pm2.5, pm1) which were reported in 1-hour time-series and global ultraviolet index (uvi) were used to predict t...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the autoimmune diseases with an unknown cause. the aim of this study was to explore the link between air quality and ms relapses in patients who suffer from ms.this time-series study was conducted on patients registered at the iranian multiple sclerosis society in 2011-2012. they were randomly selected from patients lived in tehran in the last five years, and h...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of exercise on the aerobic power, serum lactate level, and cell blood count among active individuals in the environments with similar climatic characteristics differing in their level of air pollution. METHODS This trial comprised 20 volunteer students of Physical education in The University of Isfahan, Iran. Two places with the s...

background and purpose: in this study, the air quality index and concentration of particles such as pm10 and pm2.5 were investigated in arak. materials and methods: to determine the concentration of pm10 and pm2.5, 60 samples were collected by laser tsi model 8520 in summer and winter 2012. the collection site was around arak city center. results: during the sampling period, as a matter of pm10...

weather and climate have considerable influence on the concentration of air pollutants such as particles and gases. the range and concentration of these particles and gases are very dependent on prevailing weather conditions and air currents. this research concentrates on health effects of benzene, one of the air pollutants of tehran, as a major city. the concentration of benzene emission to ai...

background: volatile organic compounds (vocs) are human-made chemicals widely spread in the environment and produced by petrochemical industries and petroleum refineries. the aim of this research was to evaluate the distribution of vocs in the ambient air of mahshahr petrochemical complex, iran. methods: this study was a cross-sectional research performed in 2009. we used the method numbered 15...

conclusions according to the results of this study, this increase could be due to higher fuel consumption, usage of gasoline in vehicles, oil industry, and steel and heavy industries in ahwaz. the risk of mortality and morbidity were detected at the current concentrations of air pollutants. results according to the findings, the concentration of sulfur dioxide in ahvaz had an annual average of ...