Particulate matter : properties and effects upon health /

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Imprint:Oxford : BIOS Scientific Pub. ; New York : Springer, 1999.
Description:xiv, 186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4694444
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Other authors / contributors:Maynard, Robert L.
Howard, Vyvyan.
ISBN:0387915885 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Robert L. Maynard
  • Physicochemical properties of particulates
  • 2. Airborne particles and their effects on health / Anthony Seaton
  • 3. Microscopy and the characterization of particles / Frederick D. Pooley and Milagros Galvez de Mille
  • 4. The physicochemical characterization of urban airborne particulate matter / Kelly A. BeruBe, Timothy P. Jones and Ben J. Williamson / [et al.]
  • 5. The structural and physical chemistry of nanoparticles / D. A. Jefferson and E. E. M. Tilley
  • Biological and health effects
  • 6. Lung deposition of diesel particulates / John McAughey
  • 7. The biological effects on lung epithelium of well-characterized fine particles / Roy J. Richards, Kelly A. BeruBe and Lisa Masek / [et al.]
  • 8. The toxicology of ultrafine particles / Ken Donaldson, Vicki Stone and William MacNee
  • Monitoring and abatement
  • 9. Sources and behaviour of atmospheric particulate matter / Roy M. Harrison
  • 10. UK research programme on the characterization of vehicle particulate emissions / Michael J. Davies
  • Future policy considerations
  • 11. Air quality strategies with respect to particles / Martin Williams.