Air Pollution and Health Effects

0456334 - ÚEM 2016 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Rössner ml., Pavel - Binková, Blanka - Rössnerová, Andrea - Šrám, Radim
Molecular Epidemiology Focused on Airborne Carcinogens.
Air Pollution and Health Effects. London: Springer, 2015, s. 185-203. ISBN 978-1-4471-6669-6
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA13-13458S
Institutional support: RVO:68378041
Keywords : air pollution * human health * biomarkers * biomolecules
OECD category: Public and environmental health
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-6669-6_7

Combustion of fossil fuels due to traffic, local heating and/or industrial production represent a predominant source of air pollution. Air pollution has both acute and chronic effects on human health affecting different organs and systems, particularly the respiratory, cardiovascular and nervous systems. Biological effects may be exerted either through the interaction of the chemicals with biomolecules thus hampering their function, inducing mutations, or by generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that cause oxidative damage. In the following text, we will discuss health effects of some of the most important air pollutants.
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