文档介绍：ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
EDITORS: R . E . HESTER AND R. M . HARRISON
10
Air Pollution and
Health
ISBN 0-85404-245-8
ISSN 1350-7583
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Preface
This plements Issue Number 8 on Air Quality Management.
Together, the two represent prehensive overview of the major forces driving
air pollution control and the policies and measures through which that air
pollution control is achieved. In this volume on air pollution and health, some of
the leading international figures in this field give their personal view on the
current state of knowledge in the key areas in which air pollutants impact on the
health of the general population. This has been a very active field in recent years,
with a burgeoning of research activity and a drive by both national governments
and anizat