Toxicology and Health Effects of Air Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

Air pollution is considered to be the fourth leading risk factor for mortality around the world, causing a great global disease burden. Exposure to air pollution is closely related to respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, and even high rates of mortality. In recent years, extensive research has been conducted to elucidate the toxicity of air pollution, as well as their harmful effects on human health. Therefore, the main goal of this Special Issue is to help to explain the toxicology of air pollution and its harmful health effects.

We encourage submissions on the toxicology of various air pollutants, including, but not limited to, research on airborne particulate matter, chemical pollutants, and emerging contaminants. Example topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The key toxic components of air pollution, their sources, and exposure pathways;
• Methods for individual- and population-level exposure assessment;
• The disturbing effects of air pollution on critical signal paths;
• The biological effects and toxicological mechanisms of toxic components of air pollution;
• Potential bodily responses and damage mechanisms induced by air pollution;
• The connection between air pollution and related diseases and its possible influencing mechanisms.

Dr. Dan Li
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• air pollution
• toxic effects
• toxicity mechanism
• biomarker
• harmful health effects