Bilkis A. Begum
Philip K. Hopke, David D. Cohen, Bilkis A. Begum, Swapan Kumar Biswas et al.
Over the past decade, member states of the Regional Co-operation Agreement (RCA), an intergovernmental agreement for the East Asia and Pacific region under the auspices of the IAEA with the assistance of international organizations and financial institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Deve...
Bilkis A. Begum, Philip K. Hopke, A. Markwitz
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, particular matter (PM) is the air pollutant that is most harmful to public health and the environment when compared to other measured criteria pollutants. During recent years, the Government of Bangladesh has tried to control PM emissions coming from anthropogenic sources. Abou...
Bilkis A. Begum, Swapan Kumar Biswas, Philip K. Hopke
Bilkis A. Begum, Eugene Kim, Cheol–Heon Jeong, Doh-Won Lee et al.
Philip K. Hopke, David D. Cohen, Bilkis A. Begum, Swapan Kumar Biswas et al.
M. Safiur Rahman, Zia Ahmed, Sirajum Munir Seefat, Rafiul Alam et al.
This research work was focused to evaluate the concentration of heavy metals (i.e., Cr, Pb, Mn, Cu and Fe) in sediment samples collected from the Dhaleshwari River near the area of a newly established tannery industrial estate, Savar, Bangladesh. The heavy metals in sediment samples were ascertained...
Moumita Dey, Asma Akter, Md. Saiful Islam, Shaikat Chandra Dey et al.
mainly came from artificial sources whereas Fe, Ca, As mainly originated from natural sources. Arsenic (As) also came from artificial sources with Cu.
Bilkis A. Begum, Swapan Kumar Biswas, A. Markwitz, Philip K. Hopke
In Bangladesh, the ambient air within Dhaka city is highly polluted by motor vehicle and brick kiln emissions. In addition, meteorological conditions during the winter cause increases in the fine particulate matter concentrations by factors of 4 to 5 fold compared to the rainy season. To understand ...
Bilkis A. Begum, Samir K. Paul, M. Dildar Hossain, Swapan Kumar Biswas et al.
Sarath Guttikunda, Bilkis A. Begum, Zia Wadud
Bilkis A. Begum, Swapan Kumar Biswas, Gauri Girish Pandit, I. V. Saradhi et al.
Transboundary transport of air pollution in the South Asian region has been an issue of increasing importance over the past several decades. Long–range transport of anthropogenic pollution is contrasted with that of pollution produced by natural processes such as dust storms or natural forest fires....
Gbenga Oladoyin Salako, Philip K. Hopke, David D. Cohen, Bilkis A. Begum et al.
Despite intensive research over the past three decades, a generally accepted standard method to measure black carbon (BC) or elemental carbon (EC) still does not exist. Data on BC and EC concentrations are method specific and can differ widely. This work was motivated by the lack of any prior study ...
Bilkis A. Begum, Philip K. Hopke
Samples of the fine and coarse fractions of airborne particulate matter (PM) were collected using a ‘Gent’ stacked filter unit in a semi-residential area of Dhaka, Bangladesh from December 1996 through September 2015. The site is located at the Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka University Campus that is a...
M. Safiur Rahman, Prashant Kumar, Mohammad Ullah, Yeasmin Nahar Jolly et al.
The increasing industrial activities, number of vehicles on road and population in large cities causes the contamination of air in urban environment, and eventually affect human health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to collect soil and dust samples from twelve roadside academic institutions i...