Bioaerosol Exposure and Its Risk Assessment
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (18 February 2024) | Viewed by 1597
Special Issue Editor
Interests: air quality; biological aerosol; human health; bacteria; fungi
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has raised widespread concern about the importance of biological aerosols. These are atmospheric aerosol particles of biological origin, which mainly contain bacteria, fungi, viruses, pollen, and cell debris. Bioaerosols can significantly affect ecosystems, climate change, air quality, and human health.
The human health consequences of exposure to biological aerosol particles may represent the final stage of the related cause-effect sequence. These particles can have many adverse health effects, ranging from allergic reactions to infections, toxic reactions, and other non-specific symptoms e.g. ‘sick building syndrome’ (SBS) or ‘mucous membrane syndrome’ (MMS).
The topic of this Special Issue may be useful in establishing appropriate standards and limit values for bioaerosols and could be exploited in the future to minimize human health hazards.
I believe that the timely publication of the results and implications of biological air pollutants studies will stimulate cross-fertilization of knowledge among scientists and engineers in many different branches, will provide a key for future exploration, and let the formulation of recommendations to ensure a healthier life environment.
This Special Issue offers an opportunity to publish articles on the characteristics of microbiological air quality, the methods used to remove biological air pollutants, and the health effects associated with exposure to bioaerosols.
Prof. Dr. Ewa Brągoszewska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biological air pollutants
- bioaerosols
- air quality
- human health
- bioaerosol sampling
- epidemiology
