Special Issue "Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants and Its Health Implications"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 22745
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuropathology; brain development; sudden fetal and infant death; maternal smoking; toxicology
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Interests: environmental chemistry; human biomonitoring; exposure assessment; food safety; emerging contaminants; endocrine disrupting chemicals; brominated flame retardants; plasticizers; phthalates; bisphenols; human health effects; wildlife exposure
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many factors can influence human health, including exposure to environmental, physical, chemical, and biological contaminants, mostly due to expanded industrialization. Humans may be exposed to these pollutants in many pathways, including ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. This issue has raised concerns over specific potential adverse health effects from such exposure, such as endocrine disruption, neurodevelopmental and reproductive toxicity and even cancer. Nevertheless, when it comes to fate, biotransformation and toxicokinetics, in particular, metabolism has received little attention.
Identifying management and mitigation strategies and minimizing these xenobiotic particles’ risk to public health and the environment is exceptionally urgent. Therefore, this Special Issue is an essential tool for collecting original articles providing updated knowledge on the potential health risks of human exposure to environmental toxic substances.
Authors are encouraged to submit original research articles describing novel findings related to one of the following goals:
- Human health implications of environmental contaminant exposition (including tumours, endocrine, neurological and reproductive pathologies);
- Assessments of current levels and patterns of exposure to contaminants in occupational and environmental settings, including indoor environments;
- Human biomonitoring for toxic substances.
Submissions of theories, general commentaries, and articles indirectly related to the above-listed topics will be considered as well.
Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Lavezzi
Dr. Malarvannan Govindan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- human health;
- environmental pollutants;
- human contaminant exposure;
- particulate matter absorption;
- human pathologies related to environmental pollution