Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases

Description

This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Pollution and Air Pollution–Related Diseases: An Overview (Antonio Vittorino Gaddi, Fabio Capello)....Pages 1-5 Physical and Chemical Properties of Airborne Particulate Matter (Laura Tositti)....Pages 7-32 The Relationship Between Health Effects and Airborne Particulate Constituents (Laura Tositti)....Pages 33-54 Environment/Climate Air Pollution (Carlo Cacciamani, Vanes Poluzzi, Marco Deserti)....Pages 55-74 Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutants in Cities (Silvana Di Sabatino, Riccardo Buccolieri, Prashant Kumar)....Pages 75-95 Outdoor Air Pollution: Effects, Measure and Perception (Giulio Lolli)....Pages 97-105 Indoor Air Pollution (Kati Huttunen)....Pages 107-114 Air Pollution and the Health Preservation: The Point of View of a Clinician and of a Cardiologist (Antonio Vittorino Gaddi, Michela Dimilta)....Pages 115-122 Legal and Ethical Implications of Air Pollution (Chiara Rabbito)....Pages 123-139 Air Pollution in Infancy, Childhood and Young Adults (Fabio Capello, Giuseppe Pili)....Pages 141-186 Air Pollution and Elderly (Domenico Sabatini)....Pages 187-214 Pollutants and Drugs: Interactions and Human Health (Vincenzo Tumiatti, Carmela Fimognari, Andrea Milelli, Davide Manucra)....Pages 215-230 Epigenetic Effects of Air Pollution (Ernesto Burgio, Agostino Di Ciaula)....Pages 231-252 Complexity in Pollution/Disease Management (Antonio Vittorino Gaddi, Ibar Sabatini, Fabio Capello)....Pages 253-262 Air Pollution and the Nervous System: Diseases of the Brain Caused by Air Pollutants and Air Pollution (G. L. Lenzi, F. Bonsanto)....Pages 263-302 Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases (Risk Factors and the Myocardial Cell Defence) (Antonio Vittorino Gaddi)....Pages 303-313 Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis (Marilisa Bove, Giancarlo Ghiselli)....Pages 315-325 Air Pollution and Lung Diseases (Maurizio Cipolla, Mario Sorgenti, Carlo Gentile, Marwa Maria Bishara)....Pages 327-339 Eye and Pollution (Costantino Schiavi, Giuseppe Giannaccare)....Pages 341-351 Skin and Air Pollution: State of the Art and New Frontiers (Alessandro Guido Cavalieri Manasse, Antonio De Bitonto)....Pages 353-359 Air Pollution and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (Annamalai Jayshree, Namasivayam Vasudevan)....Pages 361-379 Health Consequences Due to Prenatal Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Exposure (Annamalai Jayshree, Namasivayam Vasudevan)....Pages 381-426 Postnatal EDC Exposure and Prevention of Endocrine Disruption (Jayshree Annamalai, Vasudevan Namasivayam)....Pages 427-443 Air Pollution and Cancer (Andrea A. Martoni)....Pages 445-457 Air Pollution and Gynecological Diseases (Lidia La Marca, Giulia Gava)....Pages 459-478 Air Pollution Effects in Pregnancy (Lidia La Marca, Giulia Gava)....Pages 479-494 Model for Pollutant and Disease Monitoring (Giovanni Rinaldi, Samuele Rinaldi)....Pages 495-520 Basic Principles for Treatment of Air Pollution-Related Diseases (Antonio Vittorino Gaddi, Benini Enrica, Fredrick O. Odoo)....Pages 521-542 Basic Characteristics of Antipollution Devices and PPE (Claudia Bandini, Ibar Sabatini, Michela Dimilta, Giulia Baldessari)....Pages 543-566 Exploring the Technologies Behind Air-Cleaning Systems and Indoor Applications (Patrizio Gagliardi)....Pages 567-576 Basic Characteristics of PPE (II): Industrial Applications (Giulia Baldessari)....Pages 577-601 Sociological Theories on Air Pollution: Between Environmental Justice and the Risk Society Approach (Antonio Maturo, Veronica Moretti)....Pages 603-620 The Contribution of Digital Sociology to the Investigation of Air Pollution (Linda Lombi)....Pages 621-636 Basic Principles of Risk Communication in Air Pollution (Fabio Capello)....Pages 637-642 Marketing Issues in Air Pollution Prevention (Erio Malagoli)....Pages 643-655 Air Pollution: Actions to be taken (Antonio Vittorino Gaddi, Fabio Capello)....Pages 657-663 Conclusions (Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi)....Pages 665-669 Back Matter ....Pages 671-679