Diseases and Health Consequences of Air Pollution is part of a series of three volumes of Air Pollution, Adverse Effects, and Epidemiological Impact that focuses on epidemiological studies and diseases attributed to ambient and indoor air pollutants. Each chapter of the book discusses a specific area of diseases that has been link to exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants. This coverage includes the health impact to the respiratory, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, reproductive, and nervous systems and the manifestation of resulting disease from air pollutants like skin conditions, diabetes, and cancer. The book also evaluates the health cost and economic burden of air pollution and offers risk management and solutions to mitigating the health implications of indoor and ambient air pollution.
- Discusses diseases attributed to air pollutants
- Examines human epidemiological studies
- Covers economic cycles, population health, and mortality