Air Pollution
The Effects of Air Pollution
3rd Edition
Published on 28. December 1977
684 pages
978-0-323-13997-7 (ISBN)
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- Front Cover
- The Effects of Air Pollution
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Contents of Other Volumes
- Part A: EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
- Chapter 1. Effects on the Physical Properties of the Atmosphere
- I. Introduction
- II. Mathematical Concepts of Visibility
- III. Meteorological Aspects of Visibility
- IV. Air Pollution Effects on Weather and Atmospheric Conditions
- V. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2. Effects on Economic Materials and Structures
- I. Introduction
- II. Mechanisms of Deterioration in Polluted Atmospheres
- III. Factors that Influence Atmospheric Deterioration
- IV. Methods of Measuring Atmospheric Deterioration
- V. Materials Damage
- VI. Economics of Air Pollution Effects
- References
- Chapter 3. Effects on Indoor Air Quality
- I. Introduction
- II. Factors Influencing Indoor Air Quality
- III. Indoor-Outdoor Air Quality Relationships
- IV. Effects of Indoor Generation of Pollutants and Other Factors on Indoor Air Quality
- References
- Part B: EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
- Chapter 4. Effects on Vegetation: Native, Crops, Forests
- I. Introduction
- II. Air Pollution Effects on Vegetation
- III. Factors Affecting the Response of Vegetation to Air Pollutants
- IV. Effects of Air Pollutants on Biomass and Yield
- V. Dose-Response of Vegetation to Air Pollutants
- VI. Vegetation as a Biological Monitor for Air Pollutants
- VII. Economic Evaluation of Response
- VIII. Vegetation as a Sink for Air Pollutants-Greenbelts
- IX. Reduction of Air Pollution Injury to Vegetation
- References
- Chapter 5. Biological Effects of Air Pollutants
- I. Photochemical Oxidants
- II. Ozone
- III. Nitrogen Dioxide
- IV. Sulfur Oxides
- V. Carbon Monoxide
- VI. Particulate Material
- VII. Interaction of Air Pollutants and Biological Agents
- VIII. Real and Synthetic Atmospheres
- IX. Air Pollution and Domestic Animals
- References
- Chapter 6. Organic Particulate Pollutants-Chemical Analysis and Bioassays for Carcinogenicity
- I. Introduction
- II. Standard Laboratory Conditions
- III. Fractionation
- IV. Neutral Fraction
- V. Acidic Fraction
- VI. Basic Fraction
- VII. Bioassay
- VIII. Outlook
- References
- Chapter 7. Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health
- I. Introduction
- II. Acute Air Pollution Effects and Their Detection
- III. Combined Effects of Sulfur Oxides and Black Suspended Matter
- IV. Effects of Gaseous Pollutants
- V. Particulate Pollutants and Their Effects
- VI. Air Pollution as a Causal Factor in Chronic Disease
- References
- Part C: AIR POLLUTION LITERATURE RESOURCES
- Chapter 8. Literature Resources
- I. State of the Literature
- II. Primary Resources
- III. Secondary Resources
- IV. Tertiary Resources
- V. Newsletters
- VI. Translations
- VII. Audiovisual Materials
- VIII. The Information Network
- IX. Bibliographies, Directories, and Guides
- References
- Subject Index
