Air pollution and health in rapidly developing countries
By: edited by Gordon McGranahan and Frank Murray.
Contributors: McGranahan, Gordon.; Murray, Frank, 1950-
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Air -- Pollution -- Health aspects -- Developing countries
Description: Annotation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Air pollution and health in developing countries: the context / Frank Murray & Gordon McGranahan; title: Health-damaging air pollution: a matter of scale / Kirk R. Smith & Sameer Akbar; title: Air pollution and health: studies in the Americas and Europe / Mort Lippmann; title: Air pollution and health in developing countries: a review of epidemiological evidence / Isabelle Romieu & Mauricio Hernandez; title: Local ambient air quality management / Dietrich Schwela; title: Rapid assessment of air pollution and health: making optimal use of data for policy and decision-making / Yasmin von Schirnding; title: A systematic approach to air quality management: examples from the URBAIR cities / Steinar Larssen ... [et al.]; title: Indoor air pollution / Sumeet Saksena & Kirk R. Smith; title: Vehicle emissions and health in developing countries / Michael P. Walsh; title: Air quality in Hong Kong and the impact of pollution on health, 1988-1997 / Anthony Johnson Hedley ... [et al.]; title: Air pollution and its impacts on health in Santiago, Chile / Bart D. Ostro; title: Air quality and health in greater Johannesburg / Angela Mathee & Yasmin von Schirnding.