Air pollution and health [vol. 10] / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison.
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TextSeries: Issues in environmental science and technology ; Vol 10.Publication details: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.Description: xi, 129 p. : ill., maps (some col.), ports. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0854042458 (pbk.)
- 13507583
- 363.739 HES
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 363.739 HES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | volume 10 | 1 | Available | 39002000382201 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The impact of air pollution on human health is currently of international concern. A comprehensive review of the subject is given in this volume, which complements the previous title covering air quality management. Dealing with the common gaseous and particulate air pollutants, including chemical carcinogens, it reviews the epidemiological and exposure chamber study research as well as considering mechanistic studies in the case of particulate matter. Air Pollution and Health also addresses the practical issue of setting standards for human exposure to air pollution by including the philosophy of standard setting and a review of currently available standards, along with a description of the setting of USEPA revised standards for ozone and particulate matter. Current knowledge of indoor air pollution is also discussed. As with all other books in the series, this volume will be of interest to the general public as well as being an important reference source for all those involved in the field, be it as student, industrialist, government agent, or health professional.
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Complements: Air quality management. c1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health Effects of Gaseous Air Pollutants -- The Mechanism of Lung Injury Caused by PM10 -- Chemical Carcinogens -- Setting Health-based Air Quality Standards --The 1997 US EPA Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone -- Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollutants.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
The series has been edited by Professors Hester and Harrison since it began in 1994.
Professor Roy Harrison OBE is listed by ISI Thomson Scientific (on ISI Web of Knowledge) as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Environmental Science/Ecology category. He has an h-index of 54 (i.e. 54 of his papers have received 54 or more citations in the literature). In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science in the New Year Honours List. He was profiled by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Vol 5, pp 39N-41N, 2003). Professor Harrison's research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.
Now an emeritus professor, Professor Ron Hester's current activities in chemistry are mainly as an editor and as an external examiner and assessor. He also retains appointments as external examiner and assessor / adviser on courses, individual promotions, and departmental / subject area evaluations both in the UK and abroad.