Advances in Risk Models and Health Risk Prediction of Air Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

There is a well-established association between air pollution and human health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost the entire global population is exposed to high levels of pollutants exceeding the advised WHO limits. Therefore, 4.2 million deaths per year are related to air pollution. Additionally, air quality is closely related to weather changes, so policies have been introduced to reduce air pollution benefits both climate and health, reducing the burden of disease attributable to air pollution and contributing to short- and long-term mitigation of climate change. The exposure to air pollution may not be equal for all citizens, due to the time spent indoors and outdoors and due to economic, social, ethnic, age, or genetic factors, with the elderly and children being most susceptible, as well as those living in economically developing countries. Furthermore, the relationship between air pollution, weather, and human health is complex, making risk modeling a challenging task. Statistical regressions are usually applied, and recently, artificial neural networks have been gaining prominence.

This Special Issue seeks high-quality contributions worldwide on new modeling risk tools and advances in predicting health risks from air pollution. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas and topics may be diverse, but manuscripts must provide a clear link to human health and air pollution to be considered for publication.

Prof. Dr. Yara de Souza Tadano
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Henrique Moreton Godoi
Guest Editors

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