Air pollution and health /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, Information Services, ©1998.
Description:xi, 129 pages : illustrations, maps (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Issues in environmental science and technology, 1350-7583 ; 10
Issues in environmental science and technology ; 10.
Subject:Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects.
Air -- Pollution -- Measurement.
Air -- Pollution -- Standards.
Indoor air pollution.
Air Pollutants -- adverse effects.
Air Pollution.
Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects.
Air -- Pollution -- Measurement.
Air -- Pollution -- Standards.
Indoor air pollution.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3672739
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Other uniform titles:Air quality management.
Other authors / contributors:Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.)
Harrison, R. M. (Roy M.)
Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain). Information Services.
ISBN:0854042458
9780854042456
Notes:Complements: Air quality management. c1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Air Pollution and Health also addresses the practical issue of setting standards for human exposure to air pollution by including the philosophy of standard setting and a review of currently available standards, along with a description of the setting of USEPA revised standards for ozone and particulate matter. Current knowledge of indoor air pollution is also discussed.
Table of Contents:
  • Health Effects of Gaseous Air Pollutants / Jon G. Ayres
  • The Mechanism of Lung Injury Caused by PM[subscript 10] / Ken Donaldson and William MacNee
  • Chemical Carcinogens / John C. Larsen and Poul B. Larsen
  • Setting Health-based Air Quality Standards / Roy M. Harrison
  • The 1997 US EPA Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone / Morton Lippmann
  • Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollutants / Paul T. C. Harrison.