Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution
How safe is the air we breathe?
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Beschreibung
Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution provides the reader with an overview of the health effects of air pollution in human subjects. The majority of the book is devoted to the discussion of the health effects of common widespread air pollutants regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through national ambient air quality standards. The book reviews the sources and fate of common air pollutants in ambient air and researches the adverse effects of these outdoor and indoor air pollutants in `in vivo' cell systems, animals, and humans. Research for the book was conducted in controlled laboratory studies and epidemiologic studies. Special emphasis throughout Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution is placed on the effects of air pollution in subjects with asthma.
Autor*in
Jane Q. Koenig
Themen in »Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution«
assessment asthma atmospheric pollution environment environmental protection health effects indoor air physiology pollutants ecotoxicology air pollution and air quality