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Air Pollution and Environmental Health

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Air pollution is an alarming problem, not only in terms of air quality, but also in relation to health issues. The respective chapters cover general monitoring and characterization techniques for air pollutants, air quality modelling applications, plant and human health effects, risk assessment, and air pollution control policy.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-06-09
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEnvironmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
Antal sidor253
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811534805

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Dr. Pallavi Saxena is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Hindu College, University of Delhi, India. She was repeatedly selected for the DST Fast Track Young Scientist Award (2014-17) at the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, together with numerous other awards. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Delhi and completed her Post Doc at the Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India. She has published 21 research papers in prominent journals. Dr. Anju Srivastava has been the Principal of Hindu College, University of Delhi since December 2018, after having served as the officiating Principal since 2014. She has also been an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Hindu College, for over 20 years. Holding a Master’s degree and PhD from the IIT Delhi, she was selected as a Fellow of the ILLL (Institute of Lifelong Learning) – an organization at the University of Delhi engaged in the development of e-content for undergraduates of the university. She was presented with the ‘Distinguished Teacher’ Award by Former President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, for her contributions to teaching and mentoring. She is an active member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London and the Green Chemistry Task Force set up by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. She has also published several articles on Green Chemistry and Environmental Sciences in prominent journals.

- Introduction. - Monitoring and Assessment of Air Pollution. - Air Pollution Modeling. - Impact of Air Pollutants on Plant Metabolism and Antioxidant Machinery. - Role of Global Climate Change in Crop Yield Reductions. - Air Pollution and Its Role in Stress Physiology. - Air Pollution Exposure Studies Related to Human Health. - Impacts of Air Pollution on Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Systems. - Health Risk Assessment and Management of Air Pollutants. - Air Quality Management Practices: A Sustainable Perspective.