INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: HEALTH HAZARDS AND TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE THE HAZARDOUS EFFECTS

Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children

Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. Our scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children and infants are among the most susceptible to many of the air pollutants. In a...

Ambient air pollution: health hazards to children.

Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. Our scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children and infants are among the most susceptible to many of the air pollutants. In a...

Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children

Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is now recognized as an important problem, both nationally and worldwide. Our scientific understanding of the spectrum of health effects of air pollution has increased, and numerous studies are finding important health effects from air pollution at levels once considered safe. Children and infants are among the most susceptible to many of the air pollutants. In a...

Air pollution: health hazards and policies.

Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution: the Global Picture

This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the results of an effort that brought together about 100 specialists from approximately 30 institutions worldwide to conduct the first large-scale coherent multi-risk-factor Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) ever done. Previous risk estimates, such as those for indoor air pollution (IAP), had been done independently from one another, lead...