Assessment of Ambient Air Pollution in Istanbul during 2003–2013

BACKGROUND: We investigated the air quality changes from 2003–2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. METHODS: We studied SO(2), CO and PM concentration patterns in 10 districts of Istanbul. The data was obtained from air pollution monitoring stations of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Environmental Protection...

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Autores principales: YURTSEVEN, Eray, VEHİD, Suphi, BOSAT, Merve, KÖKSAL, Selçuk, YURTSEVEN, Cemile Nihal
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186785
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author YURTSEVEN, Eray
VEHİD, Suphi
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KÖKSAL, Selçuk
YURTSEVEN, Cemile Nihal
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description BACKGROUND: We investigated the air quality changes from 2003–2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. METHODS: We studied SO(2), CO and PM concentration patterns in 10 districts of Istanbul. The data was obtained from air pollution monitoring stations of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Environmental Protection Department. We compared the variations of mean concentrations monthly, yearly and seasonally. The winter season was accepted from Oct to Mar and the summer season from Apr to Sep. RESULTS: The highest monthly average values for all measurements of sulfur dioxide and CO were 12.61, 949.19 μg/m(3) in Sarachane respectively. The Highest value of the monthly average of the Particulate Matter was 72.07 μg/m(3) in Kartal district. During the period between 2003–2013, monthly mean concentration values of different districts differed significantly in levels of SO(2) (P=0.012), CO (P=0.029), and PM (P=0.024). CONCLUSION: The emissions of air pollutants (SO(2), PM, and CO) decreased considerably from 2003 to 2013.
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spelling pubmed-61235892018-09-05 Assessment of Ambient Air Pollution in Istanbul during 2003–2013 YURTSEVEN, Eray VEHİD, Suphi BOSAT, Merve KÖKSAL, Selçuk YURTSEVEN, Cemile Nihal Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: We investigated the air quality changes from 2003–2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. METHODS: We studied SO(2), CO and PM concentration patterns in 10 districts of Istanbul. The data was obtained from air pollution monitoring stations of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Environmental Protection Department. We compared the variations of mean concentrations monthly, yearly and seasonally. The winter season was accepted from Oct to Mar and the summer season from Apr to Sep. RESULTS: The highest monthly average values for all measurements of sulfur dioxide and CO were 12.61, 949.19 μg/m(3) in Sarachane respectively. The Highest value of the monthly average of the Particulate Matter was 72.07 μg/m(3) in Kartal district. During the period between 2003–2013, monthly mean concentration values of different districts differed significantly in levels of SO(2) (P=0.012), CO (P=0.029), and PM (P=0.024). CONCLUSION: The emissions of air pollutants (SO(2), PM, and CO) decreased considerably from 2003 to 2013. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6123589/ /pubmed/30186785 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186785
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