Abstract:

The present study was conducted on 2471 subjects ( 250 families) residing in the west of the city of Tulkarm and on 1896 control subject group (200 families) in an urban area within the same district. The main aim was to evaluate the impact of air pollution resulting from the Israeli industrial zone based on the west of Tulkarm city on human health .

Among the study group disease related symptoms for respiratory , skin and eye symptoms were represented by 7.6% 4.2% and 3.5% ,respectively . In comparison , disease related symptoms among the control group were represented by 2.4% for respiratory tract, 4% for skin

and 3.5% for eye.

Differences in the prevalence rates of disease related symptoms were

significant between the two  studied groups especially for respiratory

disease related symptoms with a P value of 0.002.