Air Pollution and Health.
Title:
Air Pollution and Health.
Author:
Holgate, Stephen T.
ISBN:
9780080526928
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1083 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Air Pollution and Health -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Air Pollution and Health History -- PART 1: GEOGRAPHICAL, ATMOSPHERIC AND GROUND DETERMINANTS OF AIR POLLUTION -- Chapter 3. Basic Meteorology -- Chapter 4. Atmospheric Chemistry -- Chapter 5. Measurements of Concentrations of Air Pollutants -- Chapter 6. Patterns of Air Pollution in Developed Countries -- Chapter 7. Patterns of Air Pollution in Developing Countries -- Chapter 8. Sources of Air Pollution -- Chapter 9. Exposure Assessment -- PART 2: RESPIRATORY TRACT DETERMINANTS OF AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS -- Chapter 10. Animal Models to Study for Pollutant Effects -- Chapter 11. Novel Approaches t o Study Nasal Responses to Air Pollution -- Chapter 12. Effects of Cigarette Smoke and Air Pollutants on the Lower Respiratory Tract -- Chapter 13. Structure-Function Relationships -- Chapter 14. Deposition and Clearance of Inhaled Particles -- Chapter 15. Respiratory Reflexes -- Chapter 16. Antioxidant Defences in the Extracellular Compartment of the Human Lung -- Chapter 17. Air Pollutants: Modulators of Pulmonary Host Resistance Against Infection -- 18 Carcinogenic Responses to Air Pollutants -- PART 3: GENERAL METHODOLOGICAL AGENTS OF AIR POLLUTANT HEALTH EFFECTS -- Chapter 19. Biomarkers of Exposure -- Chapter 20. The Epidemiologic Approach to Investigating Outdoor Air Pollution -- Chapter 21. Health Effects of Air Pollution Episodes -- PART 4: OZONE -- Chapter 22. Epidemiological Studies of Ozone Exposure Effects -- Chapter 23. Controlled Exposure to Ozone, Nitrogen Oxides and Acids -- Chapter 24. Acute and Chronic Effects of Ozone in Animal Models -- PART 5: OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND SULFUR -- Chapter 25. Epidemiological Effects of Oxides of Nitrogen, Especially NO2 -- Chapter 26. Toxicology of Sulfur Oxides.
Chapter 27. Acid Sulfate Aerosols and Health -- PART 6: SUSPENDED PARTICULATES -- Chapter 28. Composition of Air Pollution Particles -- Chapter 29. Metals and Air Pollution Particles -- Chapter 30. Particulate Air Pollution: Injurious and Protective Mechanisms in the Lungs -- Chapter 31. Epidemiology of Particle Effects -- Chapter 32. The Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust: Laboratory and Epidemiologic Studies -- PART 7: CARBON MONOXIDE, LEAD AND AIR TOXICS -- Chapter 33. Carbon Monoxide -- Chapter 34. Lead -- Chapter 35. Selected Organic Chemicals -- PART 8: ESTIMATING HEALTH AND COST IMPACTS -- Chapter 36. Air Pollution and Lung Cancer -- Chapter 37. Controlled Exposures of Asthmatics to Air Pollutants -- Chapter 38. Risk Assessment and Air Pollution -- Chapter 39. Estimating the Effects of Air Pollutants on the Population: Human Health Benefits of Sulfate Aerosol Reductions Under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment -- Chapter 40. Costing the Health Effects of Poor Air Quality -- PART 9: AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND INFORMATION NETWORKS -- Chapter 41. Technology and Costing of Air Pollution Abatement -- Chapter 42. United States and International Approaches to Establishing Air Standards and Guidelines -- Chapter 43. Air Quality Guidelines and Standards -- Chapter 44. Informing the Public about Air Pollution -- Index -- Color Plates Section.
Abstract:
Concern about the impact of air pollution has led governments and local authorities across the world to regulate, among other things, the burning of fossil fuels, industrial effluence, cigarette smoke, and aerosols. This legislation has often followed dramatic findings about the impact of pollution on human health. At the same time there have been significant developments in our ability to detect and quantify pollutants and a proliferation of urban and rural air pollution networks to monitor levels of atmospheric contamination. Air Pollution and Health is the first fully comprehensive and current account of air pollution science and it impact on human health. It ranges in scope from meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and particle physics to the causes and scope of allergic reactions and respiratory, cardiovascular, and related disorders. The book has substantial international coverage and includes sections on cost implications, risk assessment, regulation, standards, and information networks. The multidisciplinary approach and the wide range of issues covered makes this an essential book for all concerned with monitoring and regulating air pollution as well as those concerned with its impact on human health. Key Features * Only comprehensive text covering all the important air pollutants and relating these to human health and regulatory bodies * Brings together a wide range of issues concerning air pollution in an easily accessible format * Contributions from government agencies in the US and UK provide information on public policy and resource networks in the areas of health promotion and environmental protection.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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