Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries / [manuscript] / Air pollution & health in rapidly developing countries edited by Gordon McGranahan and Frank Murray. - London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, c2003. - xxviii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Air pollution and health in developing countries: the context / Frank Murray and Gordon McGranahan -- Health-damaging air pollution: a matter of scale / Kirk R. Smith and Sameer Akbar -- Air pollution and health: studies in the Americas and Europe / Mort Lippmann -- Air pollution and health in developing countries: a review of epidemiological evidence / Isabelle Romieu and Mauricio Hernandez -- Local ambient air quality management / Dietrich Schwela -- Rapid assessment of air pollution and health: making optimal use of data for policy and decision-making / Yasmin von Schirnding -- A systematic approach to air quality management: examples from the URBAIR cities / Steinar Larssen ... [et al.] -- Indoor air pollution / Sumeet Saksena and Kirk R. Smith -- Vehicle emissions and health in developing countries / Michael P. Walsh -- Air quality in Hong Kong and the impact of pollution on health, 1988-1997 / Anthony Johnson Hedley ... [et al.] -- Air pollution and its impacts on health in Santiago, Chile / Bart D. Ostro -- Air quality and health in greater Johannesburg / Angela Mathee and Yasmin von Schirnding.

9781853839856 (pbk) : ETB 850.50 185383985X (pbk.)

2003003974


Air--Pollution--Health aspects--Developing countries.

RA576.7.D44 / A37 2003

363.739/2/091724