BACKGROUND Few studies have been carried out on acute effects of cement dust exposure. This study is conducted to investigate the associations between current "total" dust exposure and acute respiratory symptoms and respiratory function among cement factory workers. METHODS A combined cross-sectional and cross-shift study was conducted in Dire Dawa cement factory in Ethiopia. 40 exposed produ...

Department of Veterinary Sciences, Baft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Baft, Iran, Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, 4 Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacolo...

Maryam Dehestani* Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman / Department of Materials Science and Engineering, International Center for Science, High Technology & Environmental Sciences, Kerman, Iran Somaie Shojaei Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran Azita Khosravan Department of Materials Science and Engineering, International Cent...

Fatemeh Motamedi, Leila Tavakkoli, Narges Khanjani. Assistant Professor, Department of Librarianship, School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; MSc Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and ...

Background. Cement dust inhalation is associated with deleterious health effects. The impact of cement dust exposure on the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), liver function, and some serum elements in workers and residents near cement factory were assessed. Methods. Two hundred and ten subjects (50 workers, 60 residents, and 100 controls) aged 18-60 years were studied. PEFR, liver function {asp...

Jamileh Farokhzadian, Golnaz Forughameri, Abbas Karami. Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; MSc student of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sci...

Regional Knowledge Hub for HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran DVM, Regional Knowledge Hub for HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Regional Knowledge Hub for HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman Universi...

The aim of this study was to investigate the particulate dispersion from Kerman Cement Plant. The upwind – downwind method was used to measure particle concentration and a cascade impactor was applied to determine particle size distribution. An Eulerian model, Gaussian plume model and an artificial neural network have been used to compute and predict concentration of PM10 from Ke...

Homayoon Babaei, Reza Kheirandish, Laya Ebrahimi Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IRAN Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IRAN Graduated Student of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, IRAN Asian Pacific Journal of Tropic...

A. Mohammadi, M. R. Baneshi 3 , T. Khalili 1,* Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Physiology Research center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, ...