Use of human nails as bio-indicators of heavy metals environmental exposure among school age children in Kenya

FH Were, W Njue, J Murungi, R Wanjau - Science of the total environment, 2008 - Elsevier
Metal pollution and its health effects present a challenge currently facing the developing
countries. Metal poisoning is usually difficult and expensive to assess or screen in these …

Industrial air pollution in rural Kenya: community awareness, risk perception and associations between risk variables

E Omanga, L Ulmer, Z Berhane, M Gatari - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Developing countries have limited air quality management systems due to
inadequate legislation and lack of political will, among other challenges. Maintaining a …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal variation of urban air quality: a GIS approach

S Chattopadhyay, S Gupta, RN Saha - Journal of Environmental …, 2010 - scirp.org
This study investigated the seasonal variation of ambient air quality status of Burdwan town
using GIS approach. Concentration of SOR2R (sulphur dioxide), NOR2R (nitrogen dioxide) …

Exposure to Outdoor Particles (PM2.5) and Associated Child Morbidity and Mortality in Socially Deprived Neighborhoods of Nairobi, Kenya

T Egondi, R Ettarh, C Kyobutungi, N Ng, J Rocklöv - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the health
burden related to ambient outdoor air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa remains unclear. This …

Assessment of an air pollution monitoring network to generate urban air pollution maps using Shannon information index, fuzzy overlay, and Dempster-Shafer theory …

P Pahlavani, H Sheikhian, B Bigdeli - Atmospheric Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Air pollution assessment is an imperative part of megacities planning and control. Hence, a
new comprehensive approach for air pollution monitoring and assessment was introduced …

Determining air pollution potential using geographic information systems and multi-criteria evaluation: A case study in isfahan province in Iran

H Karimi, A Soffianian, N Mirghaffari, S Soltani - Environmental Processes, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a methodology of determining the air pollution potential based on
pollutant source identification and meteorological parameters, using as a case study the …

Characterization of aerosol particles at an industrial background site in Nairobi, Kenya

MJ Gatari, J Boman, A Wagner - X‐Ray Spectrometry: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Air pollutants from industrial and urban sources contain harmful elements and chemical
compounds. This work presents a study on background industrial and urban aerosol …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative assessment of total phenolic content in selected medicinal plants

CE Johnson, FO Oladeinde, AM Kinyua… - Nigerian journal of …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study was to compare the total phenolic (TP) content in extracts from eleven plant
materials collected at different geographical locations in Kenya, Nigeria, and USA. These …

Stated preferences for improved air quality management in the city of Nairobi, Kenya

H Ndambiri, E Mungatana… - The European Journal of …, 2015 - aseestant.ceon.rs
The study uses contingent valuation (CV) framework to assess individuals' preferences for
improved air quality management through motorized emission reductions in the city of …

[PDF][PDF] Nairobi and its Environment

A Tibaijuka - Nairobi city development strategy top priority for 21st …, 2007 - Citeseer
Following its founding in 1902, Nairobi took roughly 40 years to exceed a population of 100
000 people. By independence, 20 years later it had reached around 350 000 people (Olima …