Zahra Atafar

10.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zahra Atafar is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zahra Atafar has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in Pollution and 6 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Zahra Atafar's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers), Heavy metals in environment (4 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers). Zahra Atafar is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (9 papers), Heavy metals in environment (4 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (4 papers). Zahra Atafar collaborates with scholars based in Iran, Australia and Canada. Zahra Atafar's co-authors include Masud Yunesian, Alireza Mesdaghinia, Mehdi Ahmadi, Amir Hossein Mahvi, J. Nouri, Mehdi Homaee, Soheila Rezaei, Seyed Mohsen Mohseni, Maryam Sarkhosh and Hossein Azarpira and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zahra Atafar

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Effect of fertilizer application on soil heavy metal concentration

2008 617 citations Zahra Atafar, Alireza Mesdaghinia et al. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Advanced removal of butylparaben from aqueous solutions using magnetic molybdenum disulfide nanocomposite modified with chitosan/beta-cyclodextrin and parametric evaluation through sequential multi-objective machine learning algorithms 2025 ·Results in Engineering ·Saman Hosseinpour, Alieh Rezagholizade-shirvan, (unknown), Amir H. Mohammadi, Amir Sheikhmohammadi, Zahra Atafar	7
2	Impact of PAHs compounds on air quality in Maragheh city: Probabilistic risk assessment and source apportionment 2024 ·Toxicology Reports ·Ali Soleimani, Zahra Atafar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mohammad Miri, Amir Mohammadi	4
3	Contributing factors to healthcare costs in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review 2022 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Behzad Karami Matin, Sarah Byford, Shahin Soltani, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Zahra Atafar, (unknown), Moslem Soofi, Satar Rezaei, (unknown), (unknown)	15
4	Sodium Dithionite Concentration in Traditional Bread and Health Risk Assessment: A Case Study in Qom City 2022 ·Archives of Hygiene Sciences ·Hassan Izanloo, Zahra Atafar, (unknown), (unknown)	1
5	Evaluation of food safety and health risk factors in food service establishments; a case study in Qom province, Iran 2021 ·(unknown), Zahra Atafar, Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki	1
6	Proinflammatory effects of dust storm and thermal inversion particulate matter (PM10) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro: a comparative approach and analysis 2019 ·Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering ·Zahra Atafar, Zahra Pourpak, Masud Yunesian, Mohammad Hossein Nicknam, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Narjes Soleimanifar, Shiva Saghafi, Zahra Alizadeh, (unknown), (unknown), Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali, Álvaro Osornio-Vargas, Kazem Naddafi	19
7	Enhancing photo-degradation of ciprofloxacin using simultaneous usage of eaq− and OH over UV/ZnO/I- process: Efficiency, kinetics, pathways, and mechanisms 2019 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Maryam Sarkhosh, Mohsen Sadani, Mehrnoosh Abtahi, Seyed Mohsen Mohseni, Amir H. Mohammadi, Hossein Azarpira, Ali Asghar Najafpoor, Zahra Atafar, Soheila Rezaei, (unknown), (unknown)	85
8	Photo-biological degradation of Bisphenol A, UV/ZnO/Iodide process at the center of biological reactor 2019 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry ·Maryam Sarkhosh, (unknown), Mehrnoosh Abtahi, Hossein Azarpira, Hossein Alidadi, Zahra Atafar, Soheila Rezaei, Seyed Mohsen Mohseni, (unknown), Yadolah Fakhri, Hassan Keramati	26
9	A comparative study of the environmental health and safety of urban and rural schools of Abadan and their compliance with national standards 2018 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Abdollah Dargahi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zahra Atafar, (unknown), (unknown)	3
10	Short-term effects of particle size fractions on lung function of late adolescents 2018 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali, Khalil Ansarin, Kazem Naddafi, Ramin Nabizadeh, Kamyar Yaghmaeian, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Homa Kashani, Jalil Jaafari, Zahra Atafar, Maryam Faraji, (unknown), Soheila Rezaei, Ensiyeh Seyedrezazadeh, Gholamreza Goudarzi, Masud Yunesian	26
11	The synthesis and application of the SiO 2 @Fe 3 O 4 @MBT nanocomposite as a new magnetic sorbent for the adsorption of arsenate from aqueous solutions: Modeling, optimization, and adsorption studies 2018 ·Journal of Molecular Liquids ·Amir H. Mohammadi, Zohreh Dahaghin, Seyed Mohsen Mohseni, Maryam Sarkhosh, Hossein Azarpira, Zahra Atafar, Mehrnoosh Abtahi, (unknown), Mahdieh Sardar, (unknown), Majid Faraji, Shahram Nazari, Rokhsane Hosseini Pouya, Mohammad Almasian	37
12	Physiochemical characteristics and oxidative potential of ambient air particulate matter (PM10) during dust and non-dust storm events: a case study in Tehran, Iran 2018 ·Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering ·Soheila Rezaei, Kazem Naddafi, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Ramin Nabizadeh, Masud Yunesian, (unknown), Zahra Atafar, Maryam Faraji, Shahrokh Nazmara, (unknown), Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali, Masoud Ghanbarian, Akbar Gholampour	36
13	Investigation and Comparison of In Vitro Genotoxic Potency of PM10 Collected in Rural and Urban Sites at Tehran in Different Metrological Conditions and Different Seasons 2018 ·Biological Trace Element Research ·(unknown), Mohammad Hossein Nicknam, Alireza Mesdaghinia, Masud Yunesian, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Narjes Soleimanifar, Soheila Rezaei, Zahra Atafar, (unknown), Maryam Faraji, Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali, Kazem Naddafi	18
14	HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS (PM10) DURING DUST STORM AND NON-DUST STORM CONDITIONS IN TEHRAN 2017 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kazem Naddafi, Zahra Atafar, Maryam Faraji, (unknown), Soheila Rezaei, Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Zahra Pourpak, Alireza Mesdaghinia, Masud Yunesian, Kamyar Yaghmaeian, Ramin Nabizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Nicknam, Mirzaman Zamanzadeh, Mansour Shamsipour, Khalil Ansarin	9
15	Waste to Energy: Challenges and Opportunities in Iran 2016 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Lida Rafati, (unknown), Maryam Khodadadi, Zahra Atafar, Mohammad Hassan Ehrampoush, (unknown), (unknown), Mehdi Mokhtari	4
16	Investigation of Activated Sludge Sewage Dewatering by Electro-Flotation: Optimization of Operating Parameters and Energy Consumption 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kazem Godini, (unknown), (unknown), Zahra Atafar, Ghasem Azarian	0
17	Essential and toxic heavy metals in cereals and agricultural products marketed in Kermanshah, Iran, and human health risk assessment 2015 ·Food Additives and Contaminants Part B ·Meghdad Pirsaheb, Nazir Fattahi, Kiomars Sharafi, (unknown), Zahra Atafar	82
18	Microbiological Quality Trend of Drinking Water in Rural Areas of Kermanshah during 2004-2013 2015 ·Zahra Atafar, (unknown), Ali Almasi, (unknown), Maryam Sarkhosh, (unknown), Abdollah Dargahi, (unknown)	3
19	A Survey of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Concentration in Water Resources and Its Control procedures 2014 ·Majallah-i dānishgāh-i ̒ulūm-i pizishkī-i Māzandarān/Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences ·Meghdad Pirsaheb, (unknown), Razieh Khamutian, (unknown), Zahra Atafar	3
20	Effect of fertilizer application on soil heavy metal concentration breakdown → 2008 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Zahra Atafar, Alireza Mesdaghinia, J. Nouri, Mehdi Homaee, Masud Yunesian, Mehdi Ahmadi, Amir Hossein Mahvi	617

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