Fundamentals of air pollution / / Daniel Vallero

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464463503321
• Autore: Vallero Daniel A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Elsevier, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-12-404602-9
• Edizione: [Fifth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (999 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.5/3
• Soggetti: Air - Pollution; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I - FOUNSATIONS OF AIR POLUTION; Chapter 1 - The State of the Atmosphere; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ATMOSPHERE; 1.3 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; 1.4 FLUID PROPERTIES AND DYNAMICS; 1 ; References; Chapter 2 - The Physics of the Atmosphere; 2.1 ENERGY; 2.2 MOTION; 2.3 ENERGY-MOTION RELATIONSHIPS; 2.4 LOCAL WIND SYSTEMS; 2.5 GENERAL CIRCULATION; 2 ; References; Suggested Reading; Chapter 3 - The Science of Air Pollution; 3.1 AIR POLLUTION IN PERSPECTIVE; 3.2 EMERGENCE OF AIR POLLUTION SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY3.3 WHAT IS AIR POLLUTION?; 3.4 ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND FATE; 3.5 AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING; 3.6 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AIR POLLUTION; 3.7 AIR POLLUTION LAWS; 3.8 AIR POLLUTION BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; 3.9 AIR POLLUTION AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; 3.10 AIR POLLUTION EVENTS IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES; 3.11 THE FUTURE; 3 ; References; Chapter 4 - Air Pollution Decision Tools; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 INTERPRETING DATA; 4.3 RARE EVENTS: PERFECT STORMS AND BLACK SWANS; 4 ; References; Chapter 5 - Life Cycle Assessment of Air Pollutants5.1 SYSTEMS CONTEXT FOR AIR POLLUTION; 5.2 ENERGY; 5.3 ENERGY LIFE CYCLES; ; 5.4 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DURING EXTRACTION; 5.5 FUEL CYCLE IMPACTS; 5.6 REFINING STRESSORS; 5.7 OPERATION STAGE; 5.8 DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS; 5 ; References; PART II - THE RISKS OF AIR POLLUTION; Chapter 6 - Inherent Properties of Air Pollutants; 6.1 INHERENCY; 6.2 VAPOR PRESSURE; 6.3 SOLUBILITY; 6.4 PERSISTENCE; 6.5 PHYSICAL PHASE; 6 ; References; Chapter 7 - Air Pollutant Hazards; 7.1 HAZARDS; 7.2 DOSE-RESPONSE; 7.3 AIR POLLUTION HAZARDS; 7.4 AIR TOXICS; 7.5 CRITERIA POLLUTANTSQUESTIONS; References; Chapter 8 - Air Pollutant Exposures; 8.1 EXPOSURE; 8.2 EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS; 8.3 CHEMICAL INTAKE AND EXPOSURE; 8.4 EXPOSURE DATA; 8 ; References; Chapter 9 - Respiratory Effects of Air Pollutants; 9.1 RESPIRATION IN HUMANS; 9.2 LUNG KINETICS; 9.3 AIR POLLUTANT PROPERTIES IMPORTANT TO RESPIRATION; 9.4 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM TRANSPORT AND FLUID DYNAMICS; 9.5 RESPIRATORY HEALTH EFFECTS; 9 ; References; Chapter 10 - Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollutants; 10.1 HUMAN CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; 10.2 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND AIR POLLUTION ASSOCIATIONS; 10.3 CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS10 ; References; Chapter 11 - Cancer and Air Pollutants; 11.1 LINKING AIR POLLUTION TO CANCER; 11.2 ESTIMATING RISK FROM AIRBORNE CARCINOGENS; 11.3 NATIONAL AIR TOXICS ASSESSMENT; 11.4 CANCER DOSE-RESPONSE; 11.5 AIRBORNE CARCINOGENS; 11.6 INDIRECT RELATIONSHIPS; 11 ; References; Chapter 12 - Reproductive and Hormonal Effects of Air Pollutants; 12.1 REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS; 12.2 ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; QUESTIONS; References; Chapter 13 - Neurological Effects of Air Pollutants; 13.1 NEUROTOXICITY; 13.2 NEUROTOXIC METALS; 13.3 NEUROTOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; 13.4 NEUROTOXIC PARTICULATES
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