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Cyprus Institute: Nicosia, Nicosia, CY

2019-07-15 to present | Associate Research Scientist (Care-C)
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Minas Iakovides

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University of Crete: Heraklion, GR

(Chemistry Department)
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Works (29)

Cross-validation of methods for quantifying the contribution of local (urban) and regional sources to PM2.5 pollution: Application in the Eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus)

Atmospheric Environment
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120975
Contributors: Elie Bimenyimana; Jean Sciare; Konstantina Oikonomou; Minas Iakovides; Michael Pikridas; Emily Vasiliadou; Chrysanthos Savvides; Nikos Mihalopoulos
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Soils and surface waters are secondary sources of polycyclic aromatic compounds

2025-01-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17795
Contributors: Gerhard Lammel; Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe; Pernilla Bohlin-Nizzetto; Céline Degrendele; Anne Karine Halse; Minas Iakovides; Petr Kukučka; Marios Kyprianou; Jakub Martiník; John Mwangi et al.
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The Cyprus Atmospheric Observatory: A unique outpost to monitor the increase of Middle East Air Pollution 

2025-01-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-852
Contributors: Elie Bimenyimana; Michael Pikridas; Konstantina Oikonomou; Minas Iakovides; Emily Vasiliadou; Chrysanthos Savvides; Nikos Mihalopoulos; Jean Sciare
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Thermal processes and secondary recycling regulate the atmospheric levels of the highly toxic polychlorinated naphthalenes in an urban Mediterranean site.

2025-01-20 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12881
Contributors: Minas Iakovides; Sonmath Bhowmick; Iasonas Stavroulas; Giannis Iakovides; Michael Pikridas; George Biskos; Jean Sciare; Nikos Mihalopoulos
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Characterization of PM2.5 emissions from on-road vehicles in the tunnel of a major Middle Eastern city

Environmental Pollution
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124769
Contributors: Nansi Fakhri; Marc Fadel; Charbel Abdallah; Cyril Karam; Minas Iakovides; Konstantina Oikonomou; Paola Formenti; Jean-François Doussin; Agnès Borbon; Jean Sciare et al.
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Submicron aerosol pollution in Greater Cairo (Egypt): A new type of urban haze?

Environment International
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108610
Contributors: Aliki Christodoulou; Spyros Bezantakos; Efstratios Bourtsoukidis; Iasonas Stavroulas; Michael Pikridas; Konstantina Oikonomou; Minas Iakovides; Salwa K. Hassan; Mohamed Boraiy; Mostafa El-Nazer et al.
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Prenatal air pollution exposure and childhood obesity: Effect modification by maternal fruits and vegetables intake

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114314
Contributors: Katerina Margetaki; Vicky Bempi; Eirini Michalaki; Theano Roumeliotaki; Minas Iakovides; Euripides Stephanou; Manolis Kogevinas; Lida Chatzi; Marina Vafeiadi
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Simple multi-residue analysis of persistent organic pollutants and molecular tracers in atmospheric samples

MethodsX
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102224
Contributors: Minas Iakovides; Jean Sciare; Nikos Mihalopoulos
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Comprehensive chemical characterization of PM2.5 in the large East Mediterranean-Middle East city of Beirut, Lebanon

Journal of Environmental Sciences
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.07.010
Contributors: Nansi Fakhri; Marc Fadel; Fatma Öztürk; Melek Keleş; Minas Iakovides; Michael Pikridas; Charbel Abdallah; Cyril Karam; Jean Sciare; Patrick L. Hayes et al.
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Two-year systematic investigation reveals alterations induced on chemical and bacteriome profile of PM<sub>2.5</sub> by African dust incursions to the Mediterranean atmosphere

Science of the Total Environment
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151976
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2-s2.0-85120614525

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Iakovides, M.; Tsiamis, G.; Tziaras, T.; Stathopoulou, P.; Nikolaki, S.; Iakovides, G.; Stephanou, E.G.
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Evidence of stockpile contamination for legacy polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in the urban environment of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean): Influence of meteorology on air level variability and gas/particle partitioning based on equilibrium and steady-state models

Journal of Hazardous Materials
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129544
Part of ISSN: 0304-3894
Contributors: Minas Iakovides; Minas Iakovides; Konstantina Oikonomou; Jean Sciare; Nikos Mihalopoulos
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Ice-nucleating particles near two major dust source regions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2022-09-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-12607-2022
Part of ISSN: 1680-7324
Contributors: Minas Iakovides; Charlotte Beall; Thomas Hill; Paul DeMott; Tobias Köneman; Michael Pikridas; Frank Drewnick; Hartwig Harder; Christopher Pöhlker; Johannes (Jos) Lelieveld et al.
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Minas Iakovides

Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries

Environment International
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107319
Part of ISSN: 0160-4120
Contributors: Minas Iakovides; Sílvia Fernández-Barrés; Oliver Robinson; Serena Fossati; Sandra Márquez; Xavier Basagaña; Jeroen de Bont; Montserrat de Castro; David Donaire-Gonzalez; Léa Maitre et al.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their alkylated, nitrated and oxygenated derivatives in the atmosphere over the Mediterranean and Middle East seas

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2022-07-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-8739-2022
Part of ISSN: 1680-7324
Contributors: Minas Iakovides; Marco Wietzoreck; Marios Kyprianou; Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe; Siddika Celik; John N. Crowley; Frank Drewnick; Philipp Eger; Nils Friedrich; Minas Iakovides et al.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their alkylated-, nitro- and oxy-derivatives in the atmosphere over the Mediterranean and Middle East seas

2022-01-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/acp-2022-32
Contributors: Marco Wietzoreck; Marios Kyprianou; Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe; Siddika Celik; John N. Crowley; Frank Drewnick; Philipp Eger; Nils Friedrich; Minas Iakovides; Petr Kukučka et al.
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Supplementary material to "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their alkylated-, nitro- and oxy-derivatives in the atmosphere over the Mediterranean and Middle East seas"

2022-01-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/acp-2022-32-supplement
Contributors: Marco Wietzoreck; Marios Kyprianou; Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe; Siddika Celik; John N. Crowley; Frank Drewnick; Philipp Eger; Nils Friedrich; Minas Iakovides; Petr Kukučka et al.
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PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in the atmosphere of Eastern Mediterranean: Investigation of their occurrence, sources and gas-particle partitioning in relation to air mass transport pathways

Atmospheric Environment
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117931
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2-s2.0-85094195239

Part of ISSN: 18732844 13522310
Contributors: Iakovides, M.; Apostolaki, M.; Stephanou, E.G.
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Study of the occurrence and multi-pathway health risk assessment of regulated and unregulated disinfection by-products in drinking and swimming pool waters of Mediterranean cities

Science of The Total Environment
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139890
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
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Atmospheric particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, n-alkanes, hopanes, steranes and trace metals: PM2.5 source identification, individual and cumulative multi-pathway lifetime cancer risk assessment in the urban environment

Science of The Total Environment
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141834
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
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Concentrations of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient PM<inf>2.5</inf> and PM<inf>10</inf> particulates in Doha, Qatar

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2018.1520754
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2-s2.0-85058985126
Contributors: Javed, W.; Iakovides, M.; Stephanou, E.G.; Wolfson, J.M.; Koutrakis, P.; Guo, B.
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Source apportionment of organic pollutants in fine and coarse atmospheric particles in Doha, Qatar

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2019.1640803
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2-s2.0-85073831458
Contributors: Javed, W.; Iakovides, M.; Garaga, R.; Stephanou, E.G.; Kota, S.H.; Ying, Q.; Wolfson, J.M.; Koutrakis, P.; Guo, B.
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Study of the occurrence of airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons associated with respirable particles in two coastal cities at Eastern Mediterranean: Levels, source apportionment, and potential risk for human health

Atmospheric Environment
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.05.059
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2-s2.0-85066832918
Contributors: Iakovides, M.; Stephanou, E.G.; Apostolaki, M.; Hadjicharalambous, M.; Evans, J.S.; Koutrakis, P.; Achilleos, S.
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The urban exposome during pregnancy and its socioeconomic determinants

Environmental Health Perspectives
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1289/EHP2862
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2-s2.0-85050358336
Contributors: Robinson, O.; Tamayo, I.; de Castro, M.; Valentin, A.; Giorgis-Allemand, L.; Krog, N.H.; Aasvang, G.M.; Ambros, A.; Ballester, F.; Bird, P. et al.
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Minas Iakovides via Scopus - Elsevier

Overcoming the plasticity of plant specialized metabolism for selective diterpene production in yeast

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09592-5
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2-s2.0-85027865924
Contributors: Ignea, C.; Athanasakoglou, A.; Andreadelli, A.; Apostolaki, M.; Iakovides, M.; Stephanou, E.G.; Makris, A.M.; Kampranis, S.C.
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Minas Iakovides via Scopus - Elsevier

Spatial variation of PM elemental composition between and within 20 European study areas - Results of the ESCAPE project

Environment International
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.04.015
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2-s2.0-84940942422
Contributors: Tsai, M.-Y.; Hoek, G.; Eeftens, M.; de Hoogh, K.; Beelen, R.; Beregszászi, T.; Cesaroni, G.; Cirach, M.; Cyrys, J.; De Nazelle, A. et al.
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Development of land use regression models for particle composition in twenty study areas in Europe

Environmental Science and Technology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/es400156t
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2-s2.0-84878658458
Contributors: De Hoogh, K.; Wang, M.; Adam, M.; Badaloni, C.; Beelen, R.; Birk, M.; Cesaroni, G.; Cirach, M.; Declercq, C.; Dědelě, A. et al.
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Evaluation of land use regression models for NO<inf>2</inf> and particulate matter in 20 European study areas: The ESCAPE project

Environmental Science and Technology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/es305129t
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2-s2.0-84877614952
Contributors: Wang, M.; Beelen, R.; Basagana, X.; Becker, T.; Cesaroni, G.; De Hoogh, K.; Dedele, A.; Declercq, C.; Dimakopoulou, K.; Eeftens, M. et al.
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Spatial variation of PM<inf>2.5</inf>, PM<inf>10,</inf> PM<inf>2.5</inf> absorbance and PM<inf>coarse</inf> concentrations between and within 20 European study areas and the relationship with NO<inf>2</inf> - Results of the ESCAPE project

Atmospheric Environment
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.038
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2-s2.0-84866183846
Contributors: Eeftens, M.; Tsai, M.-Y.; Ampe, C.; Anwander, B.; Beelen, R.; Bellander, T.; Cesaroni, G.; Cirach, M.; Cyrys, J.; de Hoogh, K. et al.
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Minas Iakovides via Scopus - Elsevier

Variation of NO<inf>2</inf> and NO<inf>x</inf> concentrations between and within 36 European study areas: Results from the ESCAPE study

Atmospheric Environment
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.080
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2-s2.0-84866301564
Contributors: Cyrys, J.; Eeftens, M.; Heinrich, J.; Ampe, C.; Armengaud, A.; Beelen, R.; Bellander, T.; Beregszaszi, T.; Birk, M.; Cesaroni, G. et al.
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Minas Iakovides via Scopus - Elsevier
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