Epidemiology and air pollution. A report of the Committee on the Epidemiology of Air Pollutants, Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

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OSTI ID:6034086

This report examines the role of epidemiology in the study of the health effects of air pollution. The four health effects of concern in the report art acute respiratory infection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and lung cancer. The five types of pollution said to be of continuing concern are woodsmoke, nitrogen oxides, persistant ozone and acid aerosols, episodic ozone and acid aerosol haze and radon. The advantages of using epidemiological studies are discussed. They include: direct determination of public health problems and estimation of their magnitude; evaluation of the impact of decreases in exposure; and defining characteristics of the problem that can guide intervention even before the mechanics are understood.

• OSTI ID: 6034086
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FLUIDS
GASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
NEOPLASMS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
POLLUTION
RADON
RARE GASES
RESIDUES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SMOKES
SOLS