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Article Open Access July 30, 2021

Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria

Olalekan Morufu Raimi 1,*, Timothy Kayode Samson 2, Ajayi Bankole Sunday 3, Adio Zulkarnaini Olalekan 3, Odipe Oluwaseun Emmanuel 4 and Ogunleye Temitope Jide 3
1
Department of Community Medicine, Environmental Health Unit, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
2
Statistics Programme, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria.
3
Department of Environmental Health Science, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria.
4
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 1, Issue 1, 2021)
Page(s): 17-38
DOI: 10.31586/rjees.2021.010102
Received
June 22, 2021
Revised
July 26, 2021
Accepted
July 29, 2021
Published
July 30, 2021
Keywords
Pollution profiteers; Regulatory decisions; SARS-CoV-2 infection; Polluters paradise; Heightened mortality risk; Hazardous air pollutants; Cancer alley; Sawmills; Nigeria.
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Raimi, O. M. , Raimi, O. M. Samson, T. K. , Samson, T. K. Sunday, A. B. , Sunday, A. B. Olalekan, A. Z. , Olalekan, A. Z. Emmanuel, O. O. , & Emmanuel, O. O. (2021). Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. Current Research in Public Health, 1(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.31586/rjees.2021.010102
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Raimi, O. M. ; Raimi, O. M. Samson, T. K. ; Samson, T. K. Sunday, A. B. ; Sunday, A. B. Olalekan, A. Z. ; Olalekan, A. Z. Emmanuel, O. O. ; Emmanuel, O. O. Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. Current Research in Public Health 2021 1(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.31586/rjees.2021.010102
Chicago/Turabian Style
Raimi, Olalekan Morufu, Olalekan Morufu Raimi. Timothy Kayode Samson, Timothy Kayode Samson. Ajayi Bankole Sunday, Ajayi Bankole Sunday. Adio Zulkarnaini Olalekan, Adio Zulkarnaini Olalekan. Odipe Oluwaseun Emmanuel, and Odipe Oluwaseun Emmanuel. 2021. "Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria". Current Research in Public Health 1, no. 1: 17-38. https://doi.org/10.31586/rjees.2021.010102
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Raimi OM, Raimi OMSamson TK, Samson TKSunday AB, Sunday ABOlalekan AZ, Olalekan AZEmmanuel OO, Emmanuel OO. Air of Uncertainty from Pollution Profiteers: Status of Ambient Air Quality of Sawmill Industry in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. Current Research in Public Health. 2021; 1(1):17-38. https://doi.org/10.31586/rjees.2021.010102 
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