IN T R O D U C T IO N In recent years there has been a growing concern about the rapidly deteriorating environment in the urban areas of this country in terms of air, water, and noise pollution. Automobile transportation has been found to be a significant factor in the deterioration of the urban environment, particularly in regard to air pollution. In general, con­ sidering the total tonnage of...

We used the case-crossover design to identify any increase in mortality in Seoul, Korea, when there were higher levels of ambient air pollution on case-days than would be expected solely as a result of chance. This empirical study showed that either unidirectional retrospective (selecting only control days prior to death) or prospective (selecting only control days after death) control sampling...

stationary sources are reponsible to 96.8 of sox and 70.1 percent of nox in tehran. there are more than 70 thousands factories located in tehran region. economic policy measures such as, charges, subsidies, and non-compliance fees, and also marketable permits, bubble policy, offets, netting and reforms in banking, are recommended. automobiles produce 71.2 percent of total air pollution in tehra...

Abstract: Recently, China has brought out several air-pollution control policies, which indicate the prominent position that PV power hold in improving atmosphere environment. Under this policy environment, the development of China’s PV power will be greatly affected. Firstly, after analyzing the influencing path of air-pollution control policies on PV power, this paper built a system dynamics ...

This paper was prepared to provide an overview of current air pollution training in the United States for the S-l1 Education and Training Committee, APCA. An earlier report by Sholtes! reviewed the wide range of training going on in 1966. The number of programs has significantly increased; therefore, the present study has been focused on training efforts at colleges and universities leading to ...

Air pollution caused due to the introduction of particulate matters, biological molecules and other harmful materials into the Earth's atmosphere. Pollution brings vital diseases, death to humans, damages other living organisms such as vegetations, animals, natural environment and built environment. Data mining concerned with finding hidden patterns inside largely available data, so that the in...

BACKGROUND Pregnant women and their fetus belong to a sensitive group in response to air pollution hazards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a theory-based educational program to change pollution exposure behavior in pregnant women. METHODS In this randomized controlled trial, pregnant women attending a prenatal clinic in Tehran, Iran were selected and randomized int...

The air quality in Taiwan, at present, is determined by a pollution standard index (PSI) that is applied to areas of possible serious air pollution and Air Quality Total Quantity Control Districts (AQTQCD). Many studies, both in Taiwan and in other countries have examined the characteristics and levels of air pollution with PSI. This study uses air quality data collected from eight automatic ai...

Wet-collector systems, designed and operated for air-pollution control without concern for or con­ sideration of the stream-pollution effects of their liquid-borne wastes, may cause significant localized pollution of surface and ground water bodies. Wet­ collector systems can be designed with presently known technology to decrease contaminants in effluent outfalls to acceptable levels. Increasi...

This study was undertaken at four different sites (north polluted, south polluted, south healthy and north healthy) in Tehran, in order to examine whether there was a relationship between publicly available air quality data and the public’s perception of air quality and to suggest some guidelines for reducing air pollution. A total of 200 people were accidentally filled out the research questio...