Risk assessment of human exposure to airborne ultrafine particles and toxic metals: a comprehensive and comparative analysis between urban and rural environments of Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Rubaiee ◽  
Mohamed Mouldi Hamdi ◽  
Abdullah Bin Mahfouz ◽  
S. Thiru ◽  
Abdullah M. Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Ultrafine Particles ◽  
Human Exposure ◽  
Jeddah City ◽  
Rural Environments

scholarly journals Risk Assessment and Implication of Human Exposure to Road Dust Heavy Metals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Shabbaj ◽  
Mansour Alghamdi ◽  
Magdy Shamy ◽  
Salwa Hassan ◽  
Musaab Alsharif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Human Exposure ◽  
Road Dust

Risk assessment through evaluation of potentially toxic metals in the surface soils of the Qassim area, Central Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Nazzal ◽  
Fares M. Howari ◽  
Muhammad Kamran Jafri ◽  
Muhammad Naeem ◽  
Habes Ghrefat
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Potentially Toxic Metals ◽  
Surface Soils

Toxic metals in top selling cigarettes sold in China: Pulmonary bioaccessibility using simulated lung fluids and fuzzy health risk assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 124131
Author(s):  
Fei Li ◽  
Yunling Wang ◽  
Jingdong Zhang ◽  
Yuchen Lu ◽  
Xi Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Toxic Metals

scholarly journals A Questionnaire-Based Survey to Assess the Level of Knowledge and Awareness about Drug–Food Interactions among General Public in Western Saudi Arabia

Pharmacy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Syed Faisal Zaidi ◽  
Rayan Mgarry ◽  
Abdullah Alsanea ◽  
Sakar Khalid Almutairi ◽  
Yaser Alsinnari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Jeddah City ◽  
Fundamental Information ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Males And Females

Introduction: Various drug–food interactions exist that may hinder treatment and can sometimes be lethal. Our aim was to assess the level of public knowledge and awareness in Jeddah city, Western Saudi Arabia, about drug–food interactions, along with the effects of demographics on their knowledge. Methods: A survey questionnaire was administered in this cross-sectional study to participants spread across multiple locations in Jeddah, including in malls and public gatherings. Participants included both males and females. Sample size was calculated through Raosoft® software. Data analysis was executed using IBM Statistic SPSS and the level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results: A total of 410 people participated in the study and only 92.68% (380) of responses were enrolled in the study; 7.32% (30) were not enrolled due to the exclusion criteria. Surprisingly, only six out of eighteen questions regarding drug–food interactions in the administered questionnaire were correctly answered by 380 participants. Data indicated that the participants had a poor to intermediate level of both knowledge and awareness with respect to drug–food interactions. Furthermore, participants showed moderate to strong awareness of the effects of alcohol and tea generally, and their interaction with medication. Conclusion: Participants in our study showed inadequate knowledge of basic and fundamental information about drug–food interactions, which highlights the dire need to increase awareness.

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