PMID- 31297203
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231012
IS  - 2052-336X (Print)
IS  - 2052-336X (Electronic)
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jun
TI  - Multi-criteria Assessment of Heavy Metals contaminations in waters and ranking 
      the sites by using PROMETHEE/GAIA method.
PG  - 75-84
LID - 10.1007/s40201-018-00328-9 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: In this study, Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach was 
      applied to assess and evaluate the heavy metals (Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, 
      Pb and Hg) pollution in Dilovasi region (one of the largest industrial area in 
      Turkey). METHODS: The heavy metal content of 10 different locations have been 
      evaluated and these locations are ranked according to their metal contents by 
      using PROMETHEEGAIA method, which is one of the pairwise comparisons MCDM 
      methods. PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment 
      Evaluation) method was used to rank the locations according to their heavy metal 
      content and GAIA (Geometrical Analysis for Interactive Aid) method was used to 
      analyse and show the relations between alternatives (locations) and criteria 
      (heavy metal). RESULTS: Analysis indicated that location d4 (small harbor of 
      Hereke) is the most polluted especially by Pb, Cd, Cr and As. The location d8 is 
      the least polluted area which is the farthest places from the harbors and 
      industrialized zones. CONCLUSIONS: The ranking results clearly showed that the 
      most contaminated locations are wastewater discharge points and small ports. The 
      study also showed that PROMETHEE/GAIA method is very helpful to analyse 
      environmental problems.
FAU - Elevli, Birol
AU  - Elevli B
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4296-2198
AD  - Engineering Faculty, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. ISNI: 0000 0004 
      0574 2310. GRID: grid.411049.9
FAU - Ozturk, Hakan
AU  - Ozturk H
AD  - Engineering Faculty, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. ISNI: 0000 0004 
      0574 2310. GRID: grid.411049.9
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190226
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Health Sci Eng
JT  - Journal of environmental health science & engineering
JID - 101613643
PMC - PMC6582113
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Contamination
OT  - Heavy metals
OT  - MCDM
OT  - PROMETHEE / GAIA
OT  - Pollution
COIS- Conflict of interestOn behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states 
      that there is no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2019/07/13 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/13 06:01
PMCR- 2020/02/26
CRDT- 2019/07/13 06:00
PHST- 2018/04/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/12/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/07/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/07/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/13 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/02/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 328 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s40201-018-00328-9 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2019 Feb 26;17(1):75-84. doi: 
      10.1007/s40201-018-00328-9. eCollection 2019 Jun.