Health Effects of Transport-related Air Pollution

Abstract

The effect on health of transport-related air pollution are among the leading concerns about transport. This book provides a systematic review of the literature on transport-related air pollution and a comprehensive evaluation of the health hazards of such pollution. It focusses on air pollution related to road transport (mostly from urban and suburban passenger and freight transport) and the risks it poses to human health. It also considers the entire chain of relevant issues: from patterns and trends in activities that determine the intensity of emissions from transport, to primary emissions and the formation of secondary pollutants by means of transportation, and finally through to patterns of human exposure to such pollutants. The discussion of the adverse effects on health considers the results of both epidemiological studies and toxicological assessments of biological mechanisms.