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Books on: air pollution effects

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Air Pollution

Book by Jeremy Colls; Spon Press, 2002

Subjects:

Air--Pollution

Collections: Entire Library

Every section of this new edition of Air Pollution has been updated, with particular emphasis on indoor air quality, and a new chapter on Air Pollution Control and Measurement of Industrial Emissions has been added. All references to standards and legislation have been updated in line with the new ...
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Every section of this new edition of Air Pollution has been updated, with particular emphasis on indoor air quality, and a new chapter on Air Pollution Control and Measurement of Industrial Emissions has been added. All references to standards and legislation have been updated in line with the new UK Air Quality Guidelines. Recommended reading lists have also been extended. This new edition continues to cover the wide range of air quality issues in an accessible style. Each topic has an historical introduction, covers the body of generally accepted information, and highlights areas in which developments are currently taking place. Topics covered include the sources and sinks of gaseous and particulate air pollutants, dispersion measurement, mobile sources, indoor air pollutants, and the effects on plants, materials, humans and animals. Local case-studies are referred to, demonstrating the application of theory to practice. Air Pollution is recommended for undergraduate and postgraduate level courses specialising in air pollution, whether from an environmental science or engineering perspective. It will also be of interest to air pollution specialists in consultancies and local authorities.
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Air Pollution, Meteorology, and Dispersion

Book by S. Pal Arya; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Air--Pollution--Meteorological Aspects

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Air Pollution Meteorology and Dispersion provides a concise yet thorough review of the basic theories, models, experiments, and observations of pollutant dispersal in the atmosphere. It offers the theoretical and empirical bases of frequently used dispersion models while emphasizing the limitations ...
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Air Pollution Meteorology and Dispersion provides a concise yet thorough review of the basic theories, models, experiments, and observations of pollutant dispersal in the atmosphere. It offers the theoretical and empirical bases of frequently used dispersion models while emphasizing the limitations and uncertainties inherent in these models. Organized into twelve chapters, the material is presented in order of increasing difficulty. The first half of the book treats the basic tenets of air pollution modeling; the second half deals with the more detailed theoretical and observational aspects of dispersion. Sufficient background material on atmospheric structure, dynamics, and circulation systems and their importance to atmospheric dispersion is included for students who do not yet have a strong meteorological background. Turbulence and diffusion theories, such as gradient transport, statistical, and similarity theories, as well as analytical and numerical dispersion and air quality models, are also discussed. Problems and exercises are included in each chapter, making this an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric science and mechanical engineering.
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Legal Responses to Indoor Air Pollution

Book by Frank B. Cross; Quorum Books, 1990

Subjects:

Indoor Air Pollution, Indoor Air Pollution--Law And Legislation--United States

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The underrecognized but highly significant problem of indoor air pollution is examined in this important study that covers the issue from the relative health risks involved to the shortcomings of regulatory and judicial responses. The book focuses largely upon the three best-known pollutants--radon ...
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The underrecognized but highly significant problem of indoor air pollution is examined in this important study that covers the issue from the relative health risks involved to the shortcomings of regulatory and judicial responses. The book focuses largely upon the three best-known pollutants--radon, asbestos, and formaldehyde--exploring their hazards and the tens of thousands of deaths and millions of days of illnesses they cause. The work also synopsizes government action against these pollutants, opportunities for individuals to sue parties for harm, and proposals for government regulation and legislation to effectively protect public health.
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Clearing the Air: The Real Story of the War on Air Pollution

Book by Indur Goklany; Cato Institute, 1999

Subjects:

Air--Pollution--United States--History

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This book demonstrates that Washington, D.C.'s 30-year regulatory war against air pollution has done little to improve air quality.
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Fighting Air Pollution in Southern California by Scrapping Old Vehicles

Book by Lloyd Dixon, Steven Garber; Rand, 2001

Subjects:

Air Quality Management--California, Southern, Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust Gas--Environmental Aspects--California, Southern, Automobiles--Purchasing--California, Southern

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...AND CALIFORNIAS AIR POLLUTION CHALLENGE 1 Air Quality in Los Angeles...2. MARKET EFFECTS OF THE PROGRAM: CONCEPTUAL...CALIFORNIAS OBLIGATIONS Air pollution damages health and...report analyzes the effects of an innovative...

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Journal Articles on: air pollution effects

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Synergistic Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Exposure to Violence on Urban Asthma Etiology

Journal article by Jane E. Clougherty, Jonathan I. Levy, Laura D. Kubzansky, P. Barry Ryan, Shakira Franco Suglia, Marina Jacobson Canner, Rosalind J. Wright; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007

Subjects:

Air pollution--Complications and side effects, Air pollution--Research, Asthma--Research, Asthma--Risk factors, Urban population--Health aspects, Urban population--Research

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...susceptibility to their effects. Air pollution, for instance, may be higher...2004a) and potentiate effects of air pollution through common physiologic...socioeconomic conditions on air pollution adverse health effects in elderly people: an analysis...
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Assessing Uncertainty in Spatial Exposure Models for Air Pollution Health Effects Assessment

Journal article by John Molitor, Michael Jerrett, Chih-Chieh Chang, Nuoo-Ting Molitor, Jim Gauderman, Kiros Berhane, Rob Mcconnell, Fred Lurmann, Jun Wu, Arthur Winer, Duncan Thomas; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 115, 2007

Subjects:

Air pollution--Complications and side effects, Air pollution--Research, Children--Health aspects, Children--Research

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...Spatial Exposure Models for Air Pollution Health Effects Assessment. by John...research on the adverse health effects of air pollution may occur at the intraurban...Recent interest in health effects of air pollution requires a better understanding...
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Recent Evidence on the Distribution of Air Pollution Effects

Journal article by Victor Brajer, Jane V. Hall; Contemporary Policy Issues, Vol. 10, 1992

Subjects:

Economic Policy, United States--Economic Policy--1981-1993, United States--Economic Policy--1993-2001

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...EVIDENCE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS VICTOR BRAJER AND JANE V...billion annually. However, neither air pollution nor its impact on human health...equity-of who pays the human cost of air pollution as it is distributed now and...
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East or West, Cardiac Arrest: Air Pollution Effects Similar Worldwide

Journal article by Bob Weinhold; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 110, 2002

Subjects:

Hong Kong

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...cardiac arrest: air pollution effects similar worldwide...London found that air pollution patterns correlated...similar health effects in both, bolstering...some cases, the effects of a pollutant...the causality of air pollution associations with...
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Effects of Particulate Air Pollution on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Subjects with Cardiovascular Disease: A Multicenter Approach

Journal article by Angela Ibald-Mulli, Kirsi L. Timonen, Annette Peters, Joachim Heinrich, Gabriele Wolke, Timo Lanki, Gintautas Buzorius, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Jeroen De Hartog, Gerard Hoek, Harry M. Ten Brink, Juha Pekkanen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004

Subjects:

Air pollution, Arrhythmia, Cardiac patients

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...Pope et al, 1995). Adverse effects of air pollution include an increase in cardiovascular...1993). Recent analyses of air pollution effects on blood pressure in a population-based...Time-series studies of acute air pollution effects are subject to limitations...

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Magazine Articles on: air pollution effects

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The Killer Inside: While the West Tries to Work out How to Clean Up the Air in Its Cities, More and More People in the Developing World Are Being Killed by Indoor Air Pollution

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 76, April 2004

Subjects:

Developing countries--Health aspects, Indoor air pollution--Health aspects

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...Development Programme has likened to smoking two packets of cigarettes a day. Known as indoor air pollution, this toxic soup has some alarming effects on human health. It kills at least 1.6 million people each year, mostly women and children because...
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Urban Air Pollution

Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 76, April 2004

Subjects:

Air pollution--Analysis

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...car use or the banning of particular chemicals. But air pollutions global nature--so clearly illustrated by trans-boundary...such as coal and oil. Main source is power stations. Effects include headaches and lung damage. Also a primary source...
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Electricity Competition Plans Err on Air Pollution

Magazine article by Stephanie Janetos; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 24, Spring 1998

Subjects:

Air quality management--Laws, regulations, etc., Electric utilities--Environmental aspects, Ontario Hydro--Environmental policy

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...plans err on air pollution by Stephanie...Janetos Clean air advocates fear...and environmental effects. Last November...will increase air pollution, jeopardize human...says increased air pollution could be avoided...
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Air Pollution Fatalities Now Exceed Traffic Fatalities by Three to One

Magazine article; Public Management, Vol. 85, January 2003

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...year from the effects of air pollution, three times the...heart. This is why air pollution aggravates heart...which no health effects are seen, ozone...negative health effects even at very low...expenses related to air pollution-induced illness...
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How Rome Polluted the World: We Tend to Think of Industrial Pollution as a Modern Phenomenon but, as David Keys Reveals, the Ancient Romans Were Already Contaminating the Air, Land and Sea with Toxic Metals Two Millennia Ago

Magazine article by David Keys; Geographical, Vol. 75, December 2003

Subjects:

Air pollution, Industrial development

Collections: Entire Library

...ore-bearing rocks were moved into the open air, substantial quantities of dust would...resulted in emissions of ultra-fine-dust pollution that were at least ten times higher than...in the 1960s. The cumulative health effects of direct and indirect contamination were...

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Newspaper Articles on: air pollution effects

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Air Pollution Shown to Increase Heart Disease Risk

Newspaper article by Patrick B. Massey; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 16, 2006

Subjects:

Air pollution, Air pollution control, Air quality management, Atherosclerosis--Risk factors, Cardiovascular diseases--Risk factors

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Sinai School of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and the University of Michigan explored the effects of air pollution and diet on a specific strain of mouse. They discovered that even small amounts of air pollution, in conjunction...
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Air Pollution 'Kills as Many as the Smogs of the 1950s'; Pea Souper: The London Smog of 1952 Claimed 4,000 Lives

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 15, 2008

Subjects:

Air pollution, Bacterial pneumonia, Pneumonia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...losses as a result of air pollution, through pneumonia, probablyapproach...mayhave aggravated the effects of two kinds of cancer...research has suggested air pollution may lead to 24,000premature...out into the impact of air pollution before we canbe clear...
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A Million Fall Victim to Air Pollution Every Year

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 11, 2006

Subjects:

Air pollution

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...constriction of arteries. Other research on air particles suggests they may also cause...and narrowing of blood vessels. These effects could spell bad news for someone with...each must take responsibility to reduce pollution in our country and cities. For more information...
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Pub Smoking Ban Cuts Air Pollution by over 80 per Cent

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 16, 2007

Subjects:

Air pollution, Smoking, Smoking bans

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...SMOKING bans can reduce air pollution in pubs and bars by over...Medicine, analysed the effects of the ban in 42 Dublin...particle levels in ambient air resulted in marked health...chemicals and gases in the air and improve bar workers...
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Not Just a Lot of Hot Air; Air Pollution: Trace Gases Have Changed, but the Basic Composition of Air Remains Stable

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 29, 2008

Subjects:

Air pollution, Oxides

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...per cent, altered withglobal warming, pollution and deforestation? FOR the past 200 to...changed, but the basic composition of air remainsstable pace over the next few decades...theSun and from the Earth and have large effects on climate. They can react with other...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: air pollution effects

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Air Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...particulate pollution. Iron and...the adjacent air, forming ozone...feedlots. Effects on Health...debilitating effects of severe air pollution episodes in...long-term effects of chronic...levels of air pollution what most...
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Pollution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...then Congress has also passed the Clean Air Act (1970), the Clean Water Act (1972...nations have acted to control and reduce pollution, many developing nations, such as China...true costs of pollution in terms of its effects on health, productivity, and quality of...
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Aviation Medicine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...diseases by persons traveling by air and the harmful effects of noise and air pollution, its principal concern is with stresses applied to...aircraft undergoes acceleration, oxygen deprivation, and air sickness, as well as pilot fatigue and psychological...
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Dust, Atmospheric

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...urban problem (see air pollution ). Sources of atmospheric...the upper layers of the air and suspended there for long periods of time. The effects of a volcanic eruption...negative health and economic effects. Hygroscopic dust particles...condensation in free air; the nucleus of each...
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Automobile

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...can be traced directly to automobile exhausts (see air pollution ). In addition, rubber (which wears away from tires...accumulate on roadways and are washed into streams, with effects nearly as serious as those of untreated sewage. A problem...

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