Traffic Related Air Pollution: Emissions, Exposures and Health Effects

Dear Colleagues,

Motor vehicles are a significant contributor to urban air pollution, as well as anthropogenic carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. To reduce the potential health effects of air pollutants, many countries have implemented series of controls and made great progress in reducing emissions from vehicle and improving air quality. However, the world’s motor vehicle fleet is still rapidly growing due to the growth of the population and the economy, the expansion of urban areas, and the increasing dependence on motor vehicles because of changes in land use. Consequently, a larger fraction of the population is living or working in close proximity to busy roads, which are counteracting, to some extent. the expected benefits of pollution control regulations and technologies. This Special Issue focuses on traffic-related air pollution, aiming to collect research papers linking emissions from, exposures to, and health effects of traffic sources (i.e., motor vehicles). Here are some examples of topics that could be addressed in this Special Issue:

(1) Traffic-related air pollutant emissions from tailpipes or non-tailpipes;

(2) Characterizing human exposure to air pollutants from traffic by monitoring or modeling;

(3) Health risk assessments of exposure to traffic-related air pollution;

(4) Toxicological or epidemiological studies focusing on the associations or underlying mechanisms between traffic-related air pollutant exposure and health effects.

Any papers addressing these topics are invited to this Special Issue.

Dr. Bin Han
Dr. Meng Wang
Guest Editors

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