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Air pollution : sources, prevention and health effects /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Air, water and soil pollution science and technology
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- AIR POLLUTION ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE AND LETTER TO MOTHER EARTH ; Chapter 1 LINKING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS TO BIOMARKERS IN CARDIAC DISEASE RESULTING FROM PROLONGED CHRONIC INHALATION OF OZONE: A GASEOUS COMPONENT OF AIR POLLUTION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; CONCLUSION ; Significance of Differential Changes in Caveolin-1 and 3 Levels ; Ongoing Studies in Our Laboratory ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 AIR POLLUTION AND CANCER: THE CYCLE OF INSULT TO INJURY ; ABSTRACT ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; BREAST CANCER AND AIR POLLUTION.
- LUNG CANCER AND AIR POLLUTIONLEUKEMIA AND AIR POLLUTION ; METHODS OF RISK ESTIMATION ; GROUPS VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 VULNERABILITY TO OZONE AIR POLLUTION IN DIFFERENT LANDFORMS OF EUROPE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. OVERVIEW OF RECENT KNOWLEDGE ON THE ISSUE OF O3 AIR POLLUTION ; Global Distribution of O3 Pollution; Local and Regional Measurements ; Model Results and Predictions ; Health Risk and Ozone Toxicity ; Vegetation and O3 Relations ; Ozone Air Quality Standards.
- 2. OZONE CONCENTRATIONS AND INDICES OF AIR QUALITY IN DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE REGIONS OF EUROPE OVER DECADAL PERIOD 2000-2009 Study Area and Data ; Spatial and Temporal Variability of Mean Annual O3 Concentration [ G M-3] ; SOMO35 Air Quality Indicator for Protection of Human Health ; Exceedance of Threshold Limits and Target Value ; AOT40 Air Quality Index for Protection of Forest and Vegetation; 3. ESTIMATION OF PHYTOTOXIC OZONE DOSE (POD) FOR FORESTED AREA OF THE HIGH TATRA MTS., SLOVAKIA ; Study Area and Measurement ; Phytotoxic Ozone Dose (POD) ; PODY in the High Tatras.
- Meteorological ParametersOzone Concentration ; Total and Stomatal Ozone Fluxes ; Phytotoxic Ozone Dose Over a Threshold of 1 Nmol M-2 PLA S-1
- POD1 ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 GENOTOXICITY OF AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER AS A TOOL TO PREVENT THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ON HEALTH ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS AND GENOTOXICITY; 3. BIOMONITORING ; 4. SALMONELLA/MICROSOME ASSAY ; 5. ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER ; 6. CASE STUDY: EVALUATION OF PARTICULATE MATTER IN URBAN AREAS.
- 6.1. Comparative Analysis of the Mutagenic Activity of Atmospheric Particulate Matter 6.2. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmospheric Particulate ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 IS AIR POLLUTION CONTRIBUTING TO THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC? NEW CONNECTIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW ; ABSTRACT ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; PARTICULATE MATTER AND OBESITY ; OBESOGENS ; THE ROLE OF STRESS ; THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM RESPONSE TO AIR POLLUTANTS, AND THE PREVENTIVE ROLE OF ANTIOXIDANTS ; ABSTRACT.