Edited by
Stephen Holgate, Southampton General Hospital, U.K.
Hillel Koren, National Health & Environmental Effects Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Jonathan Samet, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Robert Maynard, Department of Health, London, U.K.
Description
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.
Audience:
Postgraduate, postdoctoral, and senior researchers in asthma, cardiology, pulmonary/respiratory topics, and pollution; epidemiologists; public health specialists; and medical practitioners.
