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Airborne PM Impact on Health, Overview of Variables, and Key Factors to Decision Making in Air Quality

In: Air Pollution - Monitoring, Quantification and Removal of Gases and Particles

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  • Joao Garcia
  • Joana Borrega
  • Luis Coelho

Abstract

This chapter intends to contribute to the understanding of the multiple aspects related to particulate matter (PM) in an air urban environment, in particular, regarding its impact on human health. A general overview of variables and key factors is presented to identify, relate, and understand the diverse and multidisciplinary variables that contribute to PM concentration in urban environments associated with health impacts. This relation is difficult to quantify, given the numerous variables that are interlinked due to the multidisciplinary aspects involved. Our aim is to identify the main multidisciplinary aspects, namely, meteorology, urban geometry, buildings, roads and footpaths, road traffic, industries, air concentration measurements, and health. The main strategic aspects for decision making related to airborne PM impact on health are also discussed.

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  • Joao Garcia & Joana Borrega & Luis Coelho, 2019. "Airborne PM Impact on Health, Overview of Variables, and Key Factors to Decision Making in Air Quality," Chapters, in: Jorge Del Real Olvera (ed.), Air Pollution - Monitoring, Quantification and Removal of Gases and Particles, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:158562
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.79695
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    Keywords

    airborne PM; urban air quality; variables; key factors; air pollution; public health;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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