Air Quality and Human Health
A section of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).
Section Information
The association between air quality and human health is one of the most controversial topics in current research. Air pollution is considered one of the leading environmental risk factor for human health globally, especially with regard to ambient fine particular matter (PM2.5), ozone, and some non-criteria pollutants that are considered to have the highest toxicity, such as metals, organics, ultrafine particles, and black carbon. The interplay between these variables and human health is a popular choice of study. Indirect health impacts also exist, for example, due to changes in vector-borne disease risk, food availability, and agricultural production. Both epidemiology and toxicity mechanism studies are needed to understand the role of air quality on specific health outcomes, including inflammation, DNA changes, cancer, respiratory and neurological diseases, severe cognitive deficit, and brain structural change. Notably, scientifically sound metrics to quantitatively measure atmosphere effects on human health, potentially causing several million deaths per year, are still missing. Therefore, it is necessary to develop significant scientific evidence to guide the development of new recommendations, policies, and legislation.
Articles that consider all associations between atmospheric composition and health impacts, especially with regard to air pollution and aerosols, aerobiology, toxicology, and epidemiology in all regions of the world, are welcome. We also welcome multidisciplinary studies that attempt to use the contextualization of science to solve this broad societal challenge.
Keywords
- air pollution;
- fine aerosol particles;
- ultrafine particles;
- epidemiology
- toxicology;
- exposure;
- doses;
- black carbon;
- metals;
- organics;
- metrics;
- legislation
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Research on Air Pollution and Human Exposures (Deadline: 24 May 2024)
- New Insights into Ambient Air Pollution and Human Health (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Enhancing Indoor Air Quality: Monitoring, Analysis and Assessment (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Exposure Assessment of Air Pollution (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Toxicology and Health Effects of Air Pollution (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Climate Change, Air Pollution and Human Health: Past, Present and Future (Deadline: 21 June 2024)
- Health Impacts Related to Indoor Air Pollutants (Deadline: 26 June 2024)
- Transmission and Health Effects of Airborne Microbes (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Air Pollution Exposure and Health Impact Assessment (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Transport and Dispersion of Aerosols: Experimental and Numerical Studies (Deadline: 19 July 2024)
- Composition Analysis and Health Effects of Atmospheric Particulate Matter (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Toxicity of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Microplastics in Air (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Linking Indoor Air Quality to Occupational and Environmental Exposure (Deadline: 29 August 2024)
- Outdoor Air Pollution and Human Health (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Air Pollution and Human Health in Europe (Deadline: 27 September 2024)
- Climate Change and Health: Enhancing Coherence of the Knowledge Base, Policies and Strategies into a Healthy, Sustainable and Resilient Future (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Air Pollution in Chemical Industries (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Characterization and Toxicity of Atmospheric Pollutants (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Urban Air Pollution, Meteorological Conditions and Human Health (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Environmental Radon Measurement and Radiation Exposure Assessment (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
