Date of Award

1-1-2016

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (iii, 448 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Haider A Khwaja

Committee Members

David O Carpenter, Arden C Pope, Xianliang Zhou, Shao Lin

Keywords

Backward-in-time Trajectories, Cardiopulmonary Diseases, Elemental Enrichment Factor (EF), Fine Particulate Air Pollution (PM2.5), PM Mass Reconstruction, Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF), Air, Cardiopulmonary system, Dust

Subject Categories

Environmental Health | Epidemiology | Other Chemistry

Abstract

Fine particulate (PM2.5) air pollution is a major issue in Saudi Arabia. Though the health effects of exposure to PM2.5 have been extensively studied in developed countries of Europe and North America, this research is yet to be done in developing countries of Africa, some parts of Asia and the Middle East including Saudi Arabia. This is the first comprehensive assessment of PM2.5 air pollution in Saudi Arabia describing the major emission sources as well as assessing the association of daily exposures to PM2.5 and its chemical constituents with cardiopulmonary morbidity.

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