Particles in our air : concentrations and health effects / edited by Richard Wilson and John D. Spengler.

[Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard School of Public Health : Distributed by Harvard University Press, [1996], ©1996.

v, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-250) and index

Physico-chemical properties and measurement of ambient particles / Petros Koutrakis and Constantinos Sioutas -- Emissions, dispersion, and concentration of particles / John Spengler and Richard Wilson -- The role of outdoor particulate matter in assessing total human exposure / Haluk Özkaynak and John Spengler -- Animal toxicology / Mary Amdur -- Epidemiology of acute health effects: summary of time-series studies / Douglas Dockery and Arden Pope -- Epidemiology of chronic health effects: cross-sectional studies / Arden Pope and Douglas Dockery -- Airborne particles and respiratory disease: clinical and pathogenetic considerations / Mark Utell and Jonathan Samet -- Modeling of air pollution impacts: one possible explanation of the observed chronic mortality / John Evans and Scott Wolff -- Policy implications: the national dilemma / Richard Wilson and John Spengler.