Air quality and its impact on health: focus on particulate matter
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2007
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Inadequate air quality and the inhalation of airborne pollutants pose many risks to human health and wellbeing, and are listed among the top environmental risks worldwide. The importance of outdoor air quality was recognised in the 1950s and indoor air quality emerged as an issue some time later and was soon recognised as having an equal, if not greater importance than outdoor air quality. Identification of ambient air pollution as a health hazard was followed by steps, undertaken by a broad range of national and international professional and government organisations, aimed at reduction or elimination of the hazard. However, the process of achieving better air quality is still in progress. The last 10 years or so have seen an unprecedented increase in the interest in, and attention to, airborne particles, with a special focus on their finer size fractions, including ultrafine (< 0.1 m) and their subset, nano particles (< 0.05 m). This paper discusses the current status of scientific knowledge on the links between air quality and health, with a particular focus on airborne particulate matter, and the directions taken by national and international bodies to improve air quality. |
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Australian Institute of Environmental Health |
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http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=833396312213015;res=IELHEA Morawska, Lidia (2007) Air quality and its impact on health: focus on particulate matter. Environmental Health, 7(3), pp. 52-57. |
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Faculty of Science and Technology |
Palavras-Chave | #040199 Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified #050000 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES #060000 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES #110000 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES #111700 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES #111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety #Air Quality, Health, Particulate Matter, Improvements, Pollution |
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Journal Article |