Air Pollution

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• Personal Author:
  Kaufman JD ; Rinne ST
• Description:
  Air pollution is a heterogeneous mix of suspended solids, liquids, and gases. Even in the absence of human activity, aerosols are emitted by volcanic activity, windstorms, wildfires, and ocean waves. Traditionally, however, the term air pollution refers to the human impact of biomass and fossil fuel combustion primarily from industry and vehicular traffic. The focus of this chapter is on the air pollutants with the most evidence of ongoing and widespread threat to public health, including both outdoor and indoor pollutants. Specific topics related to air pollution, including environmental tobacco smoke, plant antigens, and windblown agricultural dusts, are primarily addressed in other chapters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Dust Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Safety Smoke Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Air Pollutants Air Pollution Dusts Environmental Pollution Tobacco Smoke
• ISBN:
  9781455707928
• Publisher:
  Elsevier Saunders
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057464
• Citation:
  Clinical respiratory medicine, fourth edition. Spiro S, Silvestri G, Agusti A eds. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders, 2012 Jul; :937-945
• Editor(s):
  Spiro S; Silvestri G; Agusti A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Clinical respiratory medicine, fourth edition
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:de4da9baec5efa17e808f9b4a105877bc77bdb9f103fe33ab9fa240947b9510ef7e610ea6eb2a90836a1ea31990cec53b6ebcc528a82577a32bf5d7eb50abcc1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214814/cdc_214814_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.65 MB ]