pollution is considered a risk factor for myocardial infarction
(MI) [13]. Living within vicinity of highways, up to a radius
of 100 meters, was considered as another risk of acute
myocardial events [14]. Moreover, certain types of professions
are at higher risk for cardiac events, such as taxi or bus drivers
[13], waste incinerator workers [15], smelters operatives [16],
or chimney sweeps [17,18]. On the other hand, road vehicles
were identified as a major contributing factor to air pollution
emissions in the Middle East region [19]. Lebanon, a small
growing nation, endured fifteen years of civil war leaving the
infrastructure in a wreck, leading to a constant long shortage
hours of electricity and forcing the public to install their
own local diesel generators. Moreover, public transportation
is mostly nonexistent and old vehicles with poor maintenance
are widely spread [20].