The Effects of Air Pollution on Cardiopulmonary and Renal Functions
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicology and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 2503
Special Issue Editors
Interests: early diagnosis; kidney; cardiopulmonary and bone diseases; environmental risk; metals; pesticides; pathologies
Interests: environmental exposure; air pollutants; chronic-degenerative diseases; molecular toxic
Interests: inhalation toxicology; inflammation; materials toxicology; tissue injury; pulmonary disease; cardiovascular and renal dysfunction; utero toxicity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of IJERPH aims to address the most recent knowledge of the underlying mechanisms reported in in vitro and in vivo experimental models, and also from an epidemiological and environmental health perspective, considering classic and emerging targets of air contaminants such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and renal systems.
Poor air quality has been associated with a severe public health crisis in cities. Particulate matter (PM: PM10, PM2.5, and ultrafine particles) is one of the primary contaminants associated with the decline in public health; however, air pollution by PM is a complex mixture of inorganic and organic compounds and aerobiological contaminants. The increase in pollutants thrown to the atmosphere has been associated with the morbi-mortality of pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurological, and renal pathologies.
This Special Issue of IJERPH aims to address the most recent knowledge related with the underlying mechanisms reported in in vitro and in vivo experimental models, and also from the epidemiological and environmental health perspective, considering classic and emerging targets of air contaminants such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and renal systems.
We welcome the submission of full reviews, original research papers, case reports, short communications, and perspectives that cover the following topics:
- Epidemiology.
- Pediatric and adult studies.
- Preclinical studies.
- New diagnostic methods for risk assessment.
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying toxicity.
- State-of-the-art of air contaminants (heavy metals, metalloids, organic compounds, and aerobiological).
- Cardiopulmonary and kidney dysfunctions due to air contaminants.
- Oxidative stress response to air pollution.
- Research that does not fit into the above topics but may contribute to them is, of course, also welcome.
By sharing these studies, we aim to make significant progress in identifying the toxic effects of air pollution in organs and systems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Olivier Christophe Barbier
Dr. Octavio Gamaliel Aztatzi-Aguilar
Dr. Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- particulate matter
- metals
- organic compounds
- biomarkers
- blood pressure
- cardiopulmonary dysfunction
- kidney disease
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