Air Pollution and Health Effects

✍ Scribed by Srikanth S. Nadadur, John W. Hollingsworth (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 448
• Series: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Exposure to ambient air pollutants, both indoors and outdoors has been associated with the exacerbation and also in the etiology of diverse human diseases. This book offers an overview of our current understanding of air pollution health risks and how this knowledge is being used in the regulatory, therapeutic intervention measures to protect the public health and reduce the disease burden caused by acute and long-term exposure to air pollutants.

Air Pollution and Health Effects provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of air pollution health risks, morbidity and the global disease burden, whilst also delivering critical review on state of the art research so as to gain a fundamental understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in the etiology of air pollution-induced diseases. Chapters range from pregnancy outcomes and pre-term birth, carcinogens in the ambient aerosol and the health consequences of indoor biomass burning. Special emphasis is placed on regional and local air pollution and its impact on global health along with suitable preventive and interventional measures.

With contributions from international experts in the field this volume is a valuable guide for researchers and clinicians in toxicology, medicine and public health as well as industry and government regulatory scientists involved in health protection.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Reactive Ambient Particles....Pages 1-24
Impacts of Air Pollution on Reproductive Health....Pages 25-50
Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes....Pages 51-91
Air Pollution and Asthma....Pages 93-117
Air Pollution and Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease....Pages 119-149
Airborne Carcinogens: Mechanisms of Cancer....Pages 151-184
Molecular Epidemiology Focused on Airborne Carcinogens....Pages 185-212
Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 213-239
Air Pollution, Lipids and Atherosclerosis....Pages 241-267
Particulate Air Pollution and CNS Health....Pages 269-288
Air Pollution and Immune Function....Pages 289-321
Genetics....Pages 323-353
Urban Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries....Pages 355-380
Indoor Biomass Burning and Health Consequences....Pages 381-402
Using Science to Shape Policy....Pages 403-436
Back Matter....Pages 437-439

✦ Subjects

Pharmacology/Toxicology; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Metabolic Diseases; Pneumology/Respiratory System