PMID- 28865066
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180816
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1573-2983 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-4042 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 2
DP  - 2018 Apr
TI  - Spatial distribution and human health risk assessment of mercury in street dust 
      resulting from various land-use in Ahvaz, Iran.
PG  - 693-704
LID - 10.1007/s10653-017-0016-5 [doi]
AB  - Mercury as a toxic element and its associated health hazard has been an important 
      topic of research for urban pollution for many years. In this paper, the spatial 
      distribution, pollution assessment, and health risk associated with Hg in 
      roadside dust 96 street dust samples, representing differing land-uses, have been 
      investigated. Land-uses included residential areas (RA), industrial areas (IA), 
      public gardens (PG), roadside areas (RS), and suburban areas (SA) in the city of 
      Ahvaz, Iran were investigated. Compared with other cities, the concentration of 
      Hg in Ahvaz was considerably higher with a mean value of 2.53 mg kg(-1), ranging 
      from 0.02 to 8.75 mg kg(-1). Residential areas exhibited higher Hg in street dust 
      than other areas, as demonstrated by spatial mapping illustrating hot spots 
      associated with old urban areas with high residential density, high volume 
      traffic of roadside areas, and industrial districts: including oil-drilling 
      activities, steel smelting-related industries, and small industrial towns around 
      Ahvaz. However, Hg concentrations in street dust near to the public gardens (PG) 
      and suburban areas (SA) were not at elevated levels compared other land-uses 
      investigated in this study. A health risk assessment model of non-carcinogenic 
      effects was evaluated for both children and adults. The HQ values also revealed 
      that the main exposures route for children and adults decreased as follows: 
      vapour > ingestion > dermal contact > inhalation. The hazard index (HI) in each 
      area is less than the safe level (HI </= 1) for children and adults, but higher for 
      children. The HI value decreases as the following order: RS > IA > RA > SA > PG, 
      which indicates potentially serious health hazards for children in the study 
      areas.
FAU - Nazarpour, Ahad
AU  - Nazarpour A
AD  - Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran. 
      A.nazarpour@iauahvaz.ac.ir.
FAU - Ghanavati, Navid
AU  - Ghanavati N
AD  - Department of Soil Science, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Ahvaz, Iran.
FAU - Watts, Michael J
AU  - Watts MJ
AD  - Inorganic Geochemistry, Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, British Geological 
      Survey Keyworth, Keyworth, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170901
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Geochem Health
JT  - Environmental geochemistry and health
JID - 8903118
RN  - 0 (Dust)
RN  - 0 (Vehicle Emissions)
RN  - FXS1BY2PGL (Mercury)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Dust/*analysis
MH  - *Environmental Exposure
MH  - Humans
MH  - Industry
MH  - Iran
MH  - Mercury/*analysis/toxicity
MH  - *Population Health
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Vehicle Emissions
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Ahvaz
OT  - Health assessment
OT  - Iran
OT  - Mercury
OT  - Street dust
EDAT- 2017/09/03 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/17 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/03 06:00
PHST- 2017/03/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/08/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/09/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s10653-017-0016-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10653-017-0016-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Geochem Health. 2018 Apr;40(2):693-704. doi: 10.1007/s10653-017-0016-5. 
      Epub 2017 Sep 1.