Background & Aims: Fungi are among the most important biological agents in air pollution. Textile factories are known as high risk places for contamination with fungal spores and metabolites. Since Yazd is one of the most important textile industry centers, this study was conducted to determine the concentration and types of airborne fungi in Yazd textile factories. Methods: A total of 235 indo...

Industrial and mining activities are recognized as major sources of soil pollution. This study proposes an index system for evaluating the inherent risk level of polluting factories and introduces an integrated risk assessment method based on human health risk. As a case study, the health risk, polluting factories and integrated risks were analyzed in a typical industrial and mining gathering a...

This paper provides evidence that as a result of poor mobility of capital within India, regional wealth constrains the growth of regional manufacturing. It shows that capital market imperfections can help explain the uneven pattern of industrial growth across regions in India. I exploit a policy-induced exogenous increase in the supply of credit to an identifiable set of factories in 1998 to de...