ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

 

 

PUBLICATION record

 

Abdurazak, M., M. Jurdi, and S. Basma. 2002. Desalination role in meeting water supply demands in selected ESCWA member countries. Journal of Water International 27 (3): 395–406.

 

Al-Kadamany, E., L. Toufeili, M. Khattar, Y. Abou-Jawdeh, S. Harakeh, and T. Haddad. 2002. Determination of shelf-life of concentrated yogurt (Labneh) produced by in-bag straining of set yogurt using hazard analysis. Journal of Dairy Sciences 85 (5): 1023–1030.

 

El-Fadel, M., and M. Massoud. 2001. Screening Impact Assessment of Waste Disposal on River Water Quality in Lebanon. Beirut: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (NCSR).

 

. 2002. GHG emissions from solid waste and wastewater management: Mitigation perspectives in developing vs. developed countries. World Resources Review 14 (2): 251–265.

 

El-Fadel, M., M. Zein, I. Nuwayhid, D. Jamali, and S. Sadek. 2002. Environmental management of Ozone in urban areas. Environmental Management and Health 13:471–494.

 

Elzein, A. 2001. A three-dimensional boundary element/Laplace transforms solution of uncoupled transient thermo-elasticity in non-homogeneous rock media. Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering 17:639–646.

 

. 2002. Being elsewhere: On longing and belonging. Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging, ed. Ghassan Hage, 225–248. Melbourne: University Press.

 

. 2003. Contaminant transport in fissured Soils by three-dimensional boundary elements. International Journal of Geomechanics 3:75–83.

 

Fayad, R., I. Nuwayhid, H. Tamim, K. Kassak, and M. Khogali. 2003. Cost of work-related injuries in insured workplaces in Lebanon. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 81:509–516. [Corresponding author]

 

Gharzuddine, W. S., H. K. Kazma, I. Nuwayhid, F. F. Bitar, S. F. Koussa, G. V. Moukarbel, and A. T. Taher. 2002. Doppler characterization of left ventricular diastolic function in beta-Thalassaemia major evidence for an early stage of impaired relaxation. European Journal of Echocardiogaphy 3:47–51.

 

Harakeh, S., N. Sabra, K. Kassak, and B. Doughan. 2002. Factors influencing mercury alarming levels among Lebanese dentists. The Science of the Total Environment 297:153–160.

 

Harakeh, S., N. Sabra, K. Kassak, B. Doughan, and C. Sukhn. 2002. Mercury and arsenic levels among Lebanese dentists: A call for action. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 70:629–635.

 

Jurdi, M., D. Abi Saad, and M. Kowtily-Kambris. 2001. Decision to fluoridate 11: Fluoride intake from non-milk fluids in children 0–2 years in Lebanon. The International Journal of Food and Nutrition Bulletin 22 (1): 67–71.

 

Jurdi, M., S. Korfali, Y. Karahagopian, and B. Davis. June/ July 2002. Evaluation of the water quality of the Qaroun reservoir Lebanon suitability for multi purpose usage. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 77 (1):11–30.

 

Jurdi, M., M. Kowtily-Kambris, and S. Basma. 2002. Development of drinking water quality control programs: Challenges for sustainability. Journal of Environmental Practice Vol. 4(2): 72–74.

 

Khogali, M., I. Nuwayhid, and R. Quba’a. 2001. Occupational Health in Lebanon: Review/ Analysis and Recommendations. Beirut: The World Health Organization.

 

Kobrossi, R., I. Nuwayhid, A.M. Sibai, M. El-Fadel, and M. Khogali. 2002. Respiratory health effects of industrial air pollution on children. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 12:205–220. [Corresponding author]

 

Korfali, S. and M. Massoud. 2002. Assessment of noise pollution impacts in Lebanon. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 84 (3):203–218.

 

Massoud, M., and M. El-Fadel. 2002. Public-private partnerships for solid waste management services. Environmental Management 30 (5): 621–630.

 

Massoud, M., M. El-Fadel, and A. Abdel Malak. 2003. Assessment of public vs. private MSW management: A case study. Journal of Environmental Management 69:15–24.

 

Mehio–Sibai, A., and I. Nuwayhid. 2002. National burden of disease study. Mortality in Lebanon: A standard Verbal Autopsy Method for Investigating Causes of Death in Adults. Beirut: Ministry of Health and World Health Organization.

 

Musharrafieh, U. M., I. Nuwayhid, G. N. Hamadeh, S. W. Steitieh, and A. R. N. Bizri. 2002. Immunity to chickenpox among school adolescents in Lebanon and options for vaccination. Epidemiology and Infection 129:607–615.

 

Nuwayhid, I., R. Fayad, H. Tamim, K. Kassak, and M. Khogali. 2003. Work-related injuries in Lebanon: Does nationality make a difference? American Journal of Industrial Medicine 44:172–81.

 

Nuwayhid, I., M. Kambris, and M. Mahfoud. 2002. Childhood injuries in the city of Beirut: The experience of three major emergency services. Lebanese Science Journal 3:29–48.

 

Nuwayhid, I., K. McPhaul, R. Bu-Khuzam, S. H. Duh, R.H. Christenson, and J. P. Keogh. 2001. Determinants of elevated blood lead levels among working men in Greater Beirut. Lebanese Medical Journal 49:132–139.

 

Nuwayhid, I., M. Nabulsi, S. Muwakkit, S. Kouzi, G. Salem, M. A. Mikati, and M. Ariss. 2003. Blood lead concentrations in 1–3 year old Lebanese children. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2:5.

 

Nuwayhid, I., B. Saddik, and R. Quba’a. 2001. Working children in small industrial establishments in Tripoli and Akkar. Lebanon: Their Work Environment and Work Activities. Geneva: The International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) at the International Labor Organization.

 

Nuwayhid, I, and A. Sibai. 2002. National Burden of Disease Study: Epidemiological Review of Selected Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Lebanon–Background Information. Beirut: The Ministry of Health and World Health Organization.

 

Ramia, S., S. Koussa, A. Taher, S. Haraki, D. Sarkis, and R. Naman. 2002. Hepatitis C-virus-genotypes and hepatitis G-virus infection in Lebanese thalassemics. Annals Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 96: 197–202.

 

Saddik, B., I. Nuwayhid, A. Williamson, and D. Black. 2003. Evidence of neurotoxicity in working children in Lebanon. Neurotoxicology 24:733–9.

 

Shediac-Rizkallah, M. C., R. Afifi Soweid, T. M. Farhat, J. Yeretzian , I. Nuwayhid, A. M. Sibai, M. Kanj, F. El-Kak, K. M. Kassak, and N. Kanaan. 2000–2001. Adolescent health-related behaviors in postwar Lebanon: Findings among students at the American University of Beirut. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 20 (2): 115–131.

 

Sibai, A., I. Nuwayhid, M. Beydoun, and M. Chaaya. 2002. Inadequacies of death certification in Beirut, Lebanon: Who is responsible? Bulletin of the World Health Organization 80:555–561.

 

Soufi, M., A.I. Safa, and M. Jurdi.  2001. Wastewater hydroponics: Iron chelates. Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse, ed. Jawad Al-Sulaimi and Takashi Asano. New Delhi: Arab School on Science and Technology. New Age International (P). Ltd., Publishers.

 

 

 

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

 

Chin, L., and A. Elzein. 2001. Boundary element approaches in contaminant transport modeling. First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics APCOM. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

 

Elzein, A. 2002. A multiple-porosity model of contaminant transport in fractured soils. Eight International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, NUMOG VIII, Rome, Italy.

 

. 2002. Thermo-elastic consolidation of non-homogeneous soils by boundary elements. Eight International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, NUMOG VIII, Rome, Italy.

 

Elzein, A., and J. Carter. 2003. A multiple-porosity finite element model for reactive contaminants in soils. Second MIT conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

Habib, R. R. 2003. Community participation in an urban health study: Successes and challenges. In proceedings of the International Forum on Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health, Montreal, Canada.

 

Khoury, R., S. Shazbak, and M. Massoud. 2002. Air quality impact assessment for the Tripoli transportation master plan. In Proceedings of Appropriate Environmental and Solid Waste Management and Technology for Developing Countries, vol. 5, 2595–2602. ISWA' 2002, Turkey.

 

Massoud, M., and M. El-Fadel. 2002. Economic feasibility of wastewater reuse in agriculture: A case study. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Pollution Control and Waste Management (EPCOWM’2002), 598–607. Tunis.

 

Nuwayhid, I. 2003. Occupational health research in developing countries. Priorities in equitable safety and health at work: Research. The 27th International Congress on Occupational Health, Brazil.

 

Nuwayhid, I., M. El-Fadel, and R. Zurayk. 2003. An interfaculty graduate environmental sciences program: A case study. The International Forum of Ecosystem Approaches to Environmental Health, Montreal, Canada.

 

Nuwayhid, I., A. El-Zein, M. Hamdan, R. Nasrallah, R. Zurayk, and M. El-Fadel. 2003. Lead pollution in an urban community: Whose health priority? The International Forum of Ecosystem Approaches to Environmental Health, Montreal, Canada.

 

Nuwayhid, I., N. Nimeh, and G. Mouro. 2003. Predictors of nurses’ turnover in a tertiary medical center. The 27th International Congress on Occupational Health, Brazil.

 

 

 

other activities

 

Nuwayhid, I., H. Attar, Z. Jaroudi-Sanuora, A. Kotob, D. Shaar, R. Shyboub, and M. Chaaya. 2003. Who is at higher risk: Motorcyclists or on foot traffic policemen in Beirut? The 27th International Congress on Occupational Health, Brazil. (Poster).

 

 

 

graduate theses and projects

 

Hamdan, M. 2003. Assessment of lead pollution in an urban community. I. Nuwayhid.

 

Nasrallah, R. 2003. An analysis of an urban community’s perception of environmental problems. I. Nuwayhid.