Air Pollution and Health Effects

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nadadur, Srikanth S. (Editor), Hollingsworth, John W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Molecular and Integrative Toxicology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Metabolic diseases.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Epidemiology.; Environmental health.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Environmental Health.; Metabolic Diseases.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Reactive Ambient Particles
• Impacts of Air Pollution on Reproductive Health
• Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes
• Air Pollution and Asthma
• Air pollution and chronic obstructive airway disease- Airborne Carcinogens – Mechanisms of Cancer
• Molecular epidemiology focused on airborne carcinogens
• Diabetes and metabolic syndrome
• Air Pollution, Lipids and Atherosclerosis
• Particulate Air Pollution and CNS Health.-Innate and adaptive immunity
• Genetics
• Urban Air Pollution and Health in Developing Countries
• Using Science to Shape Policy.