Human health risk assessment for PAHs, phthalates, elements, PCDD/Fs, and DL-PCBs in PM2. 5 and for NMVOCs in two East-Mediterranean urban sites under …

M Fadel, F Ledoux, C Afif, D Courcot - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the carcinogenic and the non-carcinogenic health risks related to non-
methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) and elements, dioxins, furans, dioxin-like …

[HTML][HTML] Ambient air pollution and daily hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Arak, Iran

M Vahedian, N Khanjani, M Mirzaee… - ARYA …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Outdoor air pollution has been considered as one of the most serious
health concerns over the last decade. This study aimed to investigate the association …

Assessment of the exposure to PM2.5 in different Lebanese microenvironments at different temporal scales

A Faour, M Abboud, G Germanos, W Farah - … Monitoring and Assessment, 2023 - Springer
The weak potential of using the sole outdoor concentrations to represent personal exposure
to PM2. 5 is confirmed by the literature; therefore, it is important to account for a person's …

Epidemiological study of lung cancer incidence in Lebanon

HA Salhab, MY Fares, HH Khachfe, HM Khachfe - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Lung cancer (LC) is the most common cancer in the world.
Developing countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including …

Bladder cancer in Lebanon: Incidence and comparison to regional and western countries

NA Lakkis, SM Adib, GN Hamadeh… - Cancer …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Lebanon has one of the highest estimated age-standardized incidence rate (ASR (w)) of
bladder cancer (BC) worldwide. The aim of this study is to analyze the incidence rates for BC …

Poor regulation implications in a low and middle income country based on PAH source apportionment and cancer risk assessment

W Jaafar, V Zaherddine, F Hussein… - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ambient particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were collected for one
year at an urban background site, and spatially and temporally compared to yearly averages …

Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor (AHRR) is a biomarker of ambient air pollution exposure and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

I Ridany, R Akika, NA Saliba, H Tamim, K Badr… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Two hundred and twenty subjects were recruited while undergoing cardiac catheterization.
AHRR cg05575921 methylation was shown to be significantly decreased in ever smokers …

Physicochemical characteristics, mutagenicity and genotoxicity of airborne particles under industrial and rural influences in Northern Lebanon

PN Melki, F Ledoux, S Aouad, S Billet… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
In this work, the main objectives were to assess the mutagenic and genotoxic effects of fine
particulate matter collected in an industrial influenced site in comparison with a non …

Drivers of seasonal and annual air pollution exposure in a complex urban environment with multiple source contributions

J Zalzal, I Alameddine, M El-Fadel… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Outdoor air pollution is a global health concern, but detailed exposure information is still
limited for many parts of the world. In this study, high-resolution exposure surfaces were …

Any Long-term Effect of the Beirut Port Explosion on the Airborne Particulate Matter?

YB Zhao, N Hayeck, NA Saliba… - Aerosol and Air …, 2023 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The Beirut port explosion in 2020 released a huge amount of chemicals including
ammonium nitrate, however, the long-term effects of the explosion on air quality and public …