Role of emerging environmental risk factors in thyroid cancer: a brief review

M Fiore, G Oliveri Conti, R Caltabiano… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Environmental factors are recognized as risk factors of thyroid cancer in humans. Exposure
to radiation, both from nuclear weapon or fallout or medical radiation, and to some organic …

40-years of Lake Urmia restoration research: Review, synthesis and next steps

M Parsinejad, DE Rosenberg, YAG Ghale… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Public concern over environmental issues such as ecosystem degradation is high. However,
restoring coupled human-natural systems requires integration across many science …

Forecasting PM2. 5 concentration using artificial neural network and its health effects in Ahvaz, Iran

G Goudarzi, PK Hopke, M Yazdani - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The main objective of the present study was to predict the associated health endpoint of PM
2.5 using an artificial neural network (ANN). The neural network used in this work contains a …

Probabilistic risk assessment of soil contamination related to agricultural and industrial activities

A Mohammadi, SN Mansour, ML Najafi, A Toolabi… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil contamination related to industrial and agricultural activities were associated with many
adverse health effects and climate change could exacerbate this effect. However, the …

Environmental degradation at Lake Urmia (Iran): exploring the causes and their impacts on rural livelihoods

M Schmidt, R Gonda, S Transiskus - GeoJournal, 2021 - Springer
During the last 20 years, Lake Urmia, once recognised as one of the largest hypersaline
lakes on the planet, has suffered from severe environmental degradation. As a result of …

Exposure to ambient air pollution and osteoarthritis; an animal study

A Fitriyah, DA Nikolenko, WK Abdelbasset, MS Maashi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure to air pollution has been associated with many adverse health effects. However,
the evidence on the effects on osteoarthritis (OA) is scarce and the potential mechanism is …

Concentrations and mortality due to short- and long-term exposure to PM2.5 in a megacity of Iran (2014–2019)

Y Hajizadeh, N Jafari, A Mohammadi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The present study aimed to survey the spatial and temporal trends of ambient concentration
of PM 2.5 and to estimate mortality attributed to short-and long-term exposure to PM 2.5 in …

Burden of mortality attributed to PM2. 5 exposure in cities of Iran; contribution of short-term pollution peaks

M Hadei, A Shahsavani, M Krzyzanowski… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to determine the population exposure to PM 2.5, and to
quantify the effect of eliminating short-term pollution peaks on the number of cause-specific …

Health risk assessment and spatial trend of metals in settled dust of surrounding areas of Lake Urmia, NW Iran

A Soleimani, A Toolabi, SN Mansour… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the rising concern about heavy metals in settled dust, a risk assessment of Arsenic
(As), Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb), Nickel (Ni) and Zinc (Zn) has been conducted …

Correlation between heavy metal concentration and oxidative potential of street dust

M Malakootian, A Mohammadi, A Nasiri… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2022 - Springer
The current study aimed to consider oxidative potential (OP), its spatial distribution, and
correlations with heavy metals (HMs) in street dust in Kerman city, Iran. The concentration of …