Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Kabir
Particulate matter (PM) is a key indicator of air pollution brought into the air by a variety of natural and human activities. As it can be suspended over long time and travel over long distances in the atmosphere, it can cause a wide range of diseases that lead to a significant reduction of human l...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Shamin Ara Jahan, Ehsanul Kabir, Richard J. C. Brown
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a large group of organic compounds comprised of two or more fused benzene rings arranged in various configurations. PAHs are widespread environmental contaminants formed as a result of incomplete combustion of organic materials such as fossil fuels. The oc...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
Pesticides are used widely to control weeds and insect infestation in agricultural fields and various pests and disease carriers (e.g., mosquitoes, ticks, rats, and mice) in houses, offices, malls, and streets. As the modes of action for pesticides are not species-specific, concerns have been raised...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
Bioaerosols consist of aerosols originated biologically such as metabolites, toxins, or fragments of microorganisms that are present ubiquitously in the environment. International interests in bioaerosols have increased rapidly to broaden the pool of knowledge on their identification, quantification...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
Exposure to mercury is a silent threat to the environment and human life. It has the potential to harm almost every organ and body system. Mercury compounds are classified in different chemical types such as elemental, inorganic, and organic forms. The most significant source of ingestion-related me...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Shamin Ara Jahan, Ehsanul Kabir
The increase in cases of asthma and allergies has become an important health issue throughout the globe. Although these ailments were not common diseases a few short decades ago, they are now affecting a large part of the population in many regions. Exposure to environmental (both outdoor and indoor...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
The impact of climate change has been significant enough to endanger human health both directly and indirectly via heat stress, degraded air quality, rising sea levels, food and water security, extreme weather events (e.g., floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc....
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
Hair dye products now represent one of the most rapidly growing beauty and personal care industries as both men and women commonly change hair color to enhance youth and beauty and to follow fashion trends. Irrespective of economic and education status, people dye their hair to emphasize the importa...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS, also known as hookah, shisha, narghile, and many other names) involves passing tobacco smoke through water prior to inhalation by the consumer. As the number of waterpipe smokers is rising rapidly, there is growing concern over the use of WTS, particularly as there ha...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
The rapid evolution of mobile phone technology has raised public concern about its possible association with adverse health effects. Given the huge number of mobile phone users at present days, even simple adverse health effects could have major implications. This article reviews the present knowled...
Hassan M. Al‐Emran, Shaminur Rahman, Md. Shazid Hasan, Rubayet Ul Alam et al.
The mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease is very high among the elderly or individuals having comorbidities such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, lung infections, hypertension, and/or diabetes. Our study characterizes the metagenomic features in severe acute respiratory syndr...
Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Ara Jahan
Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are devised to deliver nicotine in a vapor rather than in smoke without tar. ECs are hence advertised as being safer than tobacco cigarette products as the chemical compounds inhaled in the former are believed to be fewer and less toxic than those of the latter. Hazardous...
Md. Shazid Hasan, Md. Tanvir Islam, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Shovon Lal Sarkar et al.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as a global pandemic, causing 3.5 million deaths until May 1, 2021.1-3 The resurgence of the new mutating variants has led to an increase in the number of infections exacerbating the death toll in several countries of the world...
Hassan M. Al‐Emran, Md. Shazid Hasan, Md. Ali Ahasan Setu, M. Shaminur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh introduced ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 since February, 2021 and in six months, only a small population (12.8%) received either one or two dose of vaccination like other low-income countries. The COVID-19 infections were continued to roll all over the places although the information on gen...
Shamina Akhtar Sharmin, Ahmad Humayan Kabir, Abul Mandal, Kanak Kanti Sarker et al.
Meristem culture was done for developing an effi cient protocol of production of eggplant clones. Shoot tips of 30-35 days old fi eld grown eggplants were used for meristem isolation. Th ree cultivars viz. ‘Islampuri’, ‘Khatkhatia ’ and ‘Katabegun ’ were used in the present investigation as explants...