Air Pollution and Health

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.- Only comprehensive text covering all the important air pollutants and relating these to human health and regulatory bodies- Brings together a wide range of issues concerning air pollution in an easily accessible format- Contributions from government agencies in the US and UK provide information on public policy and resource networks in the areas of health promotion and environmental protection

About the Author

Dr. Robert L. Maynard is the Senior Medical Officer for the Department of Health in London, UKBSc MB BCh FRCP FRCPath FFOM FBTS FRSBHonorary Professor, Institute of Public Health, Birmingham University, UK Honorary Principal Fellow, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London* Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology 1990* Member of the Royal College of Pathologists 1991 awarded after assessment of published works; Fellow 1999* Member of the Royal College of Physicians (by distinction) 1996* Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (by distinction) 1997* Royal College of Physicians: Fellowship by election - May 2002* Fellow of the British Toxicological Society 2008

Stephen T. Holgate is a Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology at Southampton General Hospital.

Dr. Hillel S. Koren is the Director of the Human Studies Division of the National Health & Environmental Effects Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Jonathan M. Samet is the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology for the School of Hygiene & Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.