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Respiratory health in Turkish asbestos cement workers: The role of environmental exposure
(WILEY, 2006)
Aim Benign and malignant pleural and lung diseases due to environmental asbestos exposure constitute an important health problem in Turkey. The country has widespread natural deposits of asbestos in rural parts of central ...
A case study for mapping of spatial distribution of free surface heave in alluvial soils (Yalova, Turkey) by using GIS software
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2008)
A procedure for producing a surface heave map using GIS package in clayey alluvial soils is proposed. An active zone was first defined, and the layers in the active zone were subdivided according to their swelling ...
Treatability studies on wastewater from textile dyeing factories in Bursa, Turkey
(INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD, 2003)
The textile industry is one of the most rapidly developing industries in Turkey. It generates a large amount of wastewater, with corresponding concerns about pollution. The main sources of pollution in wastewater are the ...
The role of thrust ramp reactivation in pull-apart mechanism of the Erzincan basin, North Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2004)
The new field data obtained from the southwestern margin of the Erzincan pull-apart basin located on the eastern segment of North Anatolian Fault Zone indicate that the opening of the basin is not only controlled by ...
Neotectonic deformation in the western sector of tectonic escape in Anatolia: palaeomagnetic study of the Afyon region, central Turkey
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2003)
Following final closure of the Neotethyan Ocean during the late Miocene, deformation in central Turkey has led to crustal thickening and uplift to produce the Anatolian Plateau followed by westward extrusion of terranes ...
Predictors of adolescent cigarette smoking behavior: A sociological case study in Ankara, Turkey
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2008)
This paper aims to discuss important predictors of adolescent cigarette smoking behavior, such as their sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, socioeconomic status, mother's and father's educational level, and ...
Late Cenozoic stress distribution along the Misis Range in the Anatolian, Arabian, and African plate intersection region, SE Turkey
(AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2004)
[1] This study defines the Mio-Pliocene to present-day stress regime acting at the northeastern Mediterranean along the SE border of the Neogene Adana basin along the Misis Range. The inversion of earthquake focal mechanisms ...
Prevalence of intestinal parasites in three socioeconomically-different regions of Sivas, Turkey
(I C D D R B-CENTRE HEALTH POPULATION RESEARCH, 2005)
The study was carried out to determine the prevalence of parasites in three socioeconomically-different regions (Alibaba, Esentepe, and Cayboyu) of Sivas, Turkey, to determine the most accurate method for the diagnosis of ...
The effect of swelling clays on a water transport canal between Kokluce HPP and Erbaa HPP (Turkey)
(SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2007)
Geological mapping has confirmed the presence of swelling clays in the area of the proposed water transport canal between Korkluce and Erbaa, Turkey. A swelling pressure distribution map was prepared for this part of the ...
Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of late Cretaceous bentonite deposits of the Kelkit Valley Region, northern Turkey
(MINERALOGICAL SOC, 2000)
Late Cretaceous bentonitic clays in the Kelkit Valley region of Turkey are composed of an alternation of limestone lenses and silicified tuff nodule-bearing pyroclastic rocks and their alteration products. Quartz, feldspar, ...