Air pollution and health/ edited by Stephen T. Holgate, J. G. Ayres, R. E. Hester and Roy M. Harrison - San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. - xiv, 1065 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

1 Introduction
2 Air Pollution and Health History

Geographical, Atmospheric and Ground Determinants of Air Pollution
3 Basic Meteorology
4 Atmospheric Chemistry
5 Measurements of Concentrations of Air Pollutants
6 Patterns of Air Pollution in Developing Countries
7 Patterns of Air Pollution in Developing Countries
8 Sources of Air Pollution
9 Exposure Assessment

Respiratory Tract Determinants of Air Pollution Effects
10 Animal Models to Study for Pollutant Effects
11 Novel Approaches to Study Nasal Responses to Air Pollution
12 Effects of Cigarette Smoke and Air Pollutants on the Lower Respiratory Tract
13 Structure-Function Relationships
14 Deposition and Clearance of Inhaled Particles
15 Respiratory Reflexes
16 Antioxidant Defences in the Extracellular Compartment of the Human Lung
17 Air Pollutants: Modulators of Pulmonary Host Resistance Against Infection
18 Carcinogenic Responses to Air Pollutants

General Methodological Agents of Air Pollutant Health Effects
19 Biomarkers of Exposure
20 The Epidemiological Approach to Investigating Outdoor Air Pollution
21 Health Effects of Air Pollution Episodes

Ozone
22 Epidemiological Studies of Ozone Exposure Effects
23 Controlled Exposure to Ozone, Nitrogen Oxides and Acids
24 Acute and Chronic Effects of Ozone in Animal Models

Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur
25 Epidemiological Effects of Oxides of Nitrogen, Especially NO2,
26 Toxicology of sulfur Oxides
27 Acid Sulfate Aerosols and Health

Suspended Particulates: --
28 Composition of Air Pollution Particles
29 Metals and Air Pollution Particles
30 Particulate Air Pollution: Injurious and Protective Mechanisms in the Lungs
31 Epidemiology of Particle Effects
32 The Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust: Laboratory and Epidemiologic Studies

Carbon Monoxide, Lead and Air Toxics
33 Carbon Monoxide
34 Lead
35 Selected Organic Chemicals

Estimating Health and Cost Impacts
36 Air Pollution and Lung Cancer
37 Controlled Exposures of Asthmatics to Air Pollutants
38 Risk Assessment and Air Pollution
39 Estimating the Effects of Air Pollutants on the Population: Human Health Benefits of Sulfate Aerosol Reductions Under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment
40 Costing the Health Effects of Poor Air Quality

Air Quality Standards and Information Networks
41 Technology and Costing of Air Pollution Abatement
42 United States and International Approaches to Establishing Air Standards and Guidelines
43 Air Quality Guidelines and Standards
44 Informing the Public about Air Pollution


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