Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases

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