Health and Environmental Effects of Particulate Matter
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 1071
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental monitoring; particulate matter; chemical composition; trace elements; aerosol source identification; air quality and health; biomonitoring; statistical analysis
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Interests: particulate matter; atmospheric dust; compositional data analysis; source apportionment; multiple linear regression model
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Air pollution has become a global public concern both for human health and environmental effects. Several epidemiological and toxicological studies have strongly demonstrated the adverse effects of particulate matter exposure on human health including asthma, respiratory symptoms, impaired lung function, total mortality, and cardiovascular mortality.
Recent studies have reported critical health effects relating to poor indoor and outdoor air quality, such as the relationship described in some latest reports between PM exposure and 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
Contextually, the atmospheric particles and in particular their chemical composition can have harmful effects on the environment such as lakes and streams acidification, damage forests and farm crops, affect the diversity of ecosystems.
In light of the above considerations, this Special Issue comes into this context and invites submissions of novel and original papers and reviews on ambient air pollution, including, but not limited to, studies concerning indoor and outdoor ambient air PMx pollution and its harmful effects on public health as well as the environment.
Dr. Rosa Caggiano
Dr. Antonio Speranza
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Particulate Matter (PMx)
- air pollution
- indoor air quality
- outdoor air quality
- health impact
- environmental impact
- source apportionment
