The East Mediterranean region suffers from high levels of air pollution which has a negative impact on pregnancy outcomes. This work systematically reviews the epidemiological evidence on maternal exposure to air pollution and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the region. Relevant papers and reports published between 2000 and 2014 were searched. Combinations of search terms including countries, exp...

A four year long research programme divided into four phases has been designed for the first time to assess the combined Noise-Air quality and combined exposure to Noise-Air pollution at the curbside open-air microenvironment of Kolkata city, India. The results and the findings of the different phases of study had already been published. The objective of the review work is to fuse the findings ...

background: today, air pollution is one of the major problems in large cities including isfahan. methods: the objective of this study was to investigate the variations of ozone (o3), carbon monoxide (co), nitric oxide (no), nitrogen dioxide (no2), nitrogen oxides (nox), sulphur dioxide (so2), and particulate matter (pm10) concentrations in different months at three stations and also to explore ...

background: contemporary development of growing urban communities and increasing the economical and industrial activities in the current century without paying attention to assess the effect of these activities on human health, as the axis of the development, is caused urban air pollution and risks from different pollutant emissions. tehran air pollution has received considerable media coverage...

Rapid urbanization and severe air quality deterioration in Pakistan have increased citizens’s concern towards air pollution. This study, conducted in November, 2016, aimed to develop relationship between degraded air quality and resident’s willingness to pay for improved air quality in city of Lahore, Pakistan through contingent valuation method to quantify an individual’s willingness to pay fo...

introduction quality of urban life is known as one of the major elements of urban development. thus, evaluation urban environmental quality has much importance in the planning of urban development. cities are complex ecosystems affected by social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors. inefficient urban planning and management and lack of coherent environmental policies have led to many...