Particulate Air Pollution and Human Health
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 4013
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan
Interests: air pollution; asthma; big data analysis; epidemiology; neurodevelopmental disorders; satellite-based estimation models
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Particulate matter (PM) consists of solids and liquid droplets suspended in the atmosphere, derived from natural and anthropogenic sources. Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 µm is inhalable by humans. According to particle size, PM is generally categorized into coarse (PM with aerodynamic diameter of 2.5–10 µm, PM10-2.5), fine (aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 µm; PM2.5), and ultrafine particles (aerodynamic diameter < 100 nm). The toxicity of PM may vary remarkably due to the different concentrations, sizes, sources, and components. During the past several decades, many animal, postmortem, and epidemiological studies have proved that the inhalation of PM can increase oxidative stress, induce systematic inflammation, and lead to adverse health effects in the respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and nervous systems. However, studies of the influence of PM components and ultrafine particles on human health are still scarce. Additionally, the critical time window and harmful dose of PM for inducing diseases remain unknown. Given that climate change is now a critical issue, there is an urgent need to explore the synergistic effects of PM with extreme weather conditions, and to move from a single-pollutant model to a multiple-pollutant model.
To address the knowledge gaps in this field, we invite authors to contribute studies to this Special Issue entitled “Particulate Matter and Human Health” that apply exposure assessments to PM, including but not limited to geospatial models, satellite-based models, chemical transport models, indoor measurements, and personal exposure assessments to explore:
(1) The effects of PM with different source, composition, or size (especially for ultrafine particles) on human health;
(2) The critical time window and harmful dose of PM and its components for human health;
(3) The synergistic effects of PM with weather conditions (e.g., extreme temperature, relative humidity) on human health;
(4) The synergistic effects of PM with other gaseous pollutants on human health.
We also welcome review articles for this Special Issue.
Dr. Chau-Ren Jung
Dr. Chaochen Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- components
- critical time windows
- dose–response relationship
- geospatial models
- human health
- indoor measurement
- multiple pollutant
- particles
- particulate matter
- PM10
- PM2.5
- satellite-based models
- single pollutant
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