Air Pollution - New Developments

Edited by Anca Maria Moldoveanu

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Abstract: Today, an important issue is environmental pollution, especially air pollution. Due to pollutants present in air, human health as well as animal health and vegetation may suffer. The book can be divided in two parts. The first half presents how the environmental modifications induced by air pollution can have an impact on human health by inducing modifications in different organs and systems and leading to human pathology. This part also presents how environmental modifications induced by air pollution can influence human health during pregnancy. The second half of the book presents the influence of environmental pollution on animal health and vegetation and how this impact can be assessed (the use of the micronucleus tests on TRADESCANTIA to evaluate the genotoxic effects of air pollution, the use of transplanted lichen PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA for biomonitoring the presence of heavy metals, the monitoring of epiphytic lichen biodiversity to detect environmental quality and air pollution, etc). The book is recommended to professionals interested in health and environmental issues.

JEL-codes: Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-953-307-527-3
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Chapters in this book:

Air Pollution and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome

Jong Han Leem and Eun-Hee Ha

Air Pollution and Domestic Animals

Rene van den Hoven

Air Pollution and Primordial Prevention of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases

Parinaz Poursafa and Roya Kelishadi

Air Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy and Reproductive Outcomes

Ferran Ballester and Carmen Iniguez

Comparative Analysis of Bioindicator and Genotoxicity Indicator Capacity of Lichens Exposed to Air Pollution

Sumer Aras, Demet Cansaran, Cigdem Kanlitepe Vardar and Esin Basaran

Interaction of Urban Vegetation Cover to Sequester Air Pollutants from Ambient Air Environment

Sharda Dhadse, D. Gajghate, P. R Chaudhari, D.R. Satapathy and S. Wate

Maternal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and Engineered Nanoparticles: Reproductive and Developmental Effects

Petra Jackson, Ulla Vogel, Hakan Wallin and Karin Sorig Hougaard

Method OF INAA for Critical Evaluation Pollution of Ecosystem

Blanka Mankovska and Julius Oszlanyi

Molecular Markers Associated with the Biological Response to Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Urban Air in Humans

Francisco Arenas-Huertero, Elisa Apatiga-Vega, Gabriela Miguel-Perez, David Villeda-Cuevas and Jimena Trillo-Tinoco

Monitoring Epiphytic Lichen Biodiversity to Detect Environmental Quality and Air Pollution: the Case Study of Roccamonfina Park (Campania Region - Italy)

Giuseppa Grazia Aprile, Immacolata Catalano, Antonello Migliozzi and Antonio Mingo

Observation and Research on the Typical Atmosphere of Beijing Olympic Games by Optical Remote Sensing

Wenqing Liu, Wei Huang, Pinhua Xie and Jianguo Liu

Removal Mechanisms in a Tropical Boundary Layer: Quantification of Air Pollutant Removal Rates Around a Heavily Afforested Power Plant

Jason Ryan Picardo and S. Ghosh

Respiratory Health Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Parameters in the Population of Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Romania

Cristina Petrescu, Oana Suciu, Romanita Ionovici, Ulrich Franck, Uwe Schlink and Olf Herbarth

Silver Fir Decline in Mixed Old-Growth Forests in Slovenia: an Interaction of Air Pollution, Changing Forest Matrix and Climate

Jurij Diaci

Use of the Micronucleus Test on Tradescantia (Trad-MCN) to Evaluate the Genotoxic Effects of Air Pollution

Jose Roberto Meireles and Eneida Cerqueira

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DOI: 10.5772/999

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