This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights.

PART 1 - 1 Pollution and Air Pollution Related Diseases: an overview

2 Physical and chemical basis of the air pollution
3 Environment/climate Air Pollution
4 Geographical distribution of main pollutants
5 Air pollution in high-medium-low income settings
6 Outdoor pollution
7 Indoor pollution
8 Air pollution and human health
9 clinical issues and pollution
10 ethical implications of air pollution
PART 2 - 11 Pollution as risk factor for acute/chronic and fatal/non fatal events
12 Pollution effects across the lifespan
13 Pollution in infancy, childhood and young adults
14 Pollution in elderly
15 Pollution and gender
16 Pollution and family life
17 Co-morbidity of air pollution related diseases
18 Pollutants - drugs - radiations interactions and human health
19 Genetic and air pollution
20 Psychology issues of air pollution and its impact on individual and families
PART 3 - 21 Basic principles of pollution diseases' classification
22 Air pollution and the nervous system
23 Air pollution and cardiovascular diseases
24 Air pollution and respiratory diseases
25 Air pollution and gastrointestinal diseases
26 Air pollution and eye diseases
27 Air pollution and odontostomatological diseases
28 Air pollution, allergy and atopic diseases
29 Air pollution and skin disease
30 Air pollution and endocrine-disrupting compounds
31 Air pollution and cancer
32 Chronic and systemic disease related to Air Pollution
33 Air pollution effects in pregnancy
34 Air pollution effects and reproduction
35 Air pollution and organs and system development
PART 4 - 36 Complexity in pollution/disease management
37 Models for pollutant and disease monitoring
38 Basic principles of disease prophylaxis and prevention
39 Basic principles for treatment of air pollution related diseases
40 Basic characteristics of anti pollution devices and PPE
41 Social and cultural strategies for prevention
42 An anthropological approach for prevention
43 Air pollution prevention and society
44 Economic issues in air pollution prevention
45 Main actions and possible claims against pollution
46 Conclusions.