this study reports the incidence of histological alterations in morphometric changes in the liver and ovary of acanthopagrus latus collected from an urban stream impaired by anthropogenic activities and from a clean site (reference). mercury concentration was determined using a standard cold vapor atomic absorption. the results showed that mercury concentration at the creek waters, and speciall...

BACKGROUND Given that mothers play a role in the sexual education of their daughters, it is important to understand their views of sexual health and related programs. This study was aimed at exploring mothers' perspectives regarding sexual health education for their adolescent daughters in Mahshahr, Iran. METHODS In this qualitative study, in-depth interviews with ten key informants and five ...

The study on physicochemical factors and primary production of the aquatic ecosystems is important to know the characteristics of the environment and capacity of recharge. Mahshahr Creeks are the most important creeks in the Northwest Persian Gulf, Iran. In this study, variations in physicochemical factors, chl-a, and primary production in creeks of Mahshahr, Zangi, and Moussa were evaluated fo...

In this study we detect different levels of blood cells and hematological parameters in five creeks of Mahshahr region in North West of Persian Gulf with different levels of pollutant to characterized hematological response of Yellowfin seabream to environmental pollutant and undesirable materials. Numbers of Blood leukocytes was performed by a hemocytometer Neubauer under the light microscope....

Information on sustainability can be used for future development planning. This study presents an approach for assessing urban sustainability. Delphi and fuzzy logic methods and the Kruskal–Wallis test were the discovery and verification techniques used. The city system comprised social, economic, and environmental subsystems. The seven orientors of existence, effectiveness, freedom of action, ...

Background: Heavy metals are considered as pollutants polluting aquatic ecosystems because of their toxic effects and bioaccumulation in organisms. They can cause chronic poisoning when ingested by human. The present study was conducted to determine the concentration heavy metals, mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr) muscle tissue Liza abu Brachirus orientalis fish Mahshahr, als...

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...