Biomagnetic monitoring of particulate matter : in the Indo-Burma hotspot region / / Prabhat K. Rai

• Autore: Rai Prabhat K.
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : , : Elsevier Science, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95
• Soggetto topico: Air - Pollution - Measurement - South Asia; Environmental monitoring - South Asia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; BIOMAGNETIC MONITORING OF PARTICULATE MATTER: In the Indo-Burma Hotspot Region; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR FINANCE/FUNDING/ACADEMIC GUIDANCE; ONE - Particulate Matter and Its Size Fractionation; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1.1 Pollution Science; 1.2 AIR POLLUTION; 1.3 PARTICULATE MATTER; 1.4 SOURCES OF PM POLLUTION; 1.5 SIZE FRACTIONATION OF PM; REFERENCES; TWO - Adverse Health Impacts of Particulate Matter; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) AND HEALTH; 2.3 PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) AND DISEASES AFFECTING HUMAN HEALTH ; 2.4 SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (SPM) AND HEALTH RISK2.5 HUMAN HEALTH CASE STUDIES AND DATA; 2.6 HUMAN HEALTH RISK DUE TO PAH AND VOCS; 2.7 MECHANISM ASSOCIATED WITH PAH AND VOCS; REFERENCES; THREE - Monitoring of Ambient Particulate Matter in South Asia with Special Reference to an Indo-Burma Hot Spot Region; 3.1 AIR POLLUTION STATUS IN SOUTH ASIA; 3.2 INTRODUCTION TO SHIFTING CULTIVATION AND AIR QUALITY IN AN INDO-BURMA HOT SPOT REGION; 3.3 MATERIALS AND METHODS; 3.3.1 Study Area; 3.3.2 Study Sites; 3.3.3 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring; 3.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 3.5 CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCESFOUR - Management Approaches of Particulate Matter: Existing Technologies and Advantages of Biomagnetic Monitoring Methodology; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 FEASIBILITY OF MAGNETIC BIOMONITORING APPROACH OF PARTICULATES FOR ROADSIDE PLANT LEAVES; 4.2.1 Existing Technologies: Limitations; 4.2.2 Biomonitoring and Biomagnetic Monitoring of Particulates: Advantages; 4.3 METHODOLOGY: BIOMONITORING THROUGH MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; REFERENCES; FIVE - Biomagnetic Monitoring of Particulate Pollution through Plant Leaves: An Overview; 5.1 INTRODUCTION ; 5.2 SOURCES OF PARTICULATE MATTER AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC PARTICLES5.3 HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS OF PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS; 5.4 GLOBAL RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; 5.5 BIOMAGNETIC MONITORING OF PARTICULATES THROUGH ROADSIDE PLANT LEAVES; 5.6 RESEARCH STUDIES ON BIOMONITORING OF PARTICULATES THROUGH MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF TREE LEAVES IN INDIA; 5.6.1 Research Studies in a Coal Mine and Thermal Power Plant of Singrauli Region, India; 5.6.2 Case Studies in Urban Area of Varanasi, India; 5.7 IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOMAGNETISM/PALEOMAGNETISM IN CLIMATE CHANGE; 5.8 CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCESSIX - Case Studies on Biomagnetic Monitoring of Particulates through Two Tropical Plant Species; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 DESCRIPTION OF STUDY SITE; 6.3 MATERIALS AND METHODS; 6.4 MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; 6.5 SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER AND RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER MONITORING; 6.5.1 Heavy Metal (Fe); 6.6 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; 6.7 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 6.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; SEVEN - Biomonitoring of Particulate Pollution Using Magnetic Properties of Ficus bengalensis: A Keystone Species; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 MATERIALS AND METHODS; 7.2.1 Study Area ; 7.2.2 Magnetic Parameters
• Titolo autorizzato: Biomagnetic monitoring of particulate matter
• ISBN: 0-12-805277-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821468303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II