Research on Air Pollution and Human Exposures
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 May 2024 | Viewed by 1023
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air quality; heavy metals; dust storm; toxicology
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Interests: air pollution; health effects; oxidative potential; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Target 3.9 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to significantly reduce the number of deaths and diseases caused by exposure to air, water, and soil pollution. It is estimated that 3.3 million premature deaths can be attributed to exposure to outdoor air pollution, which includes the impacts of anthropogenic sources and natural sources. In addition, air pollution originating from energy use has been found to contribute to a warming climate, leading to an increase in extreme heat and weather events (e.g., floods and droughts), and reductions in agricultural production.
There is strong and consistent epidemiologic evidence that exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease and related mortality. There are several hypothesized biological mechanisms by which exposure to air pollution may result in cardiopulmonary diseases. Systemic inflammation has been found to be likely a crucial mediator. Prior findings from epidemiologic studies have suggested that air pollution from diverse sources differentially contributes to adverse health outcomes across a range of settings.
The purpose of this Special Issue in Atmosphere is to provide an overview of recent “Research on Air Pollution and Human Exposures”. We are pleased to invite you to submit original papers, reviews, and short communications that focus on the association between air pollution and adverse health outcomes across a range of settings.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- air pollution;
- environmental epidemiology;
- toxicology;
- risk assessment and risk management;
- environmental chemistry;
- other related topics.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Yanju Liu
Dr. Qingyang Liu
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- air quality
- particulate matter
- indoor air quality
- emission inventory and monitoring
- health effects
- environmental epidemiology
- toxicology
- risk assessment
- risk management
- source apportionment
