Details

Title

Multidisciplinary environmental assessment of oil refinery activities in Erbil, Iraq: Implications for water, soil, air, and human health

Journal title

Archives of Environmental Protection

Yearbook

2025

Volume

51

Issue

4

Authors

Affiliation

Dilekoglu, Mehmet Fatih : Harran University, Türkiye ; Ahmed, Murad Khan Mahmood : Harran University, Türkiye ; Hamed, Masoud Hussein : Salahaddin University, Iraq ; Jirjees, Shevan : Salahaddin University, Iraq

Keywords

air quality, ; soil contamination, ; environmental impact, ; surface water, ; groundwater pollution, ; oil refinery,

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

78-90

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

9.12.2025

Type

Article

Publication type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/aep.2025.157230

DOI

10.24425/aep.2025.157230

Pages

78-90

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