Air Pollution, the Automobile, and Public Health.

Air Pollution, the Automobile, and Public Health.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, Donald
Other Authors: Bates, Richard R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1987.
Subjects:
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Toxicology > United States.
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Physiological effect > United States.
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Environmental aspects > United States.
Air > Pollution > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Air > Pollution
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Environmental aspects
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Physiological effect
Automobiles > Motors > Exhaust gas > Toxicology
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • AIR POLLUTION, THE AUTOMOBILE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Part I: Overview; Automotive Emissions Research; EMISSIONS CONTROL: THE HISTORY OF CONFLICT; BENEFITS OF REGULATION; CURRENT PROBLEMS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES; IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING HEALTH RESEARCH; Regulations: Form or Substance?; Safety Margins and Susceptible Groups; Costs and Benefits; Emergence of a New Regulatory Structure in Mobile Source Emission Regulation; Research and Comprehensive Risk Management; Regulatory Credibility and the Maturation of Toxicology; THE HEALTH EFFECTS INSTITUTE AND THE SOCIAL CONTEXT.
  • Project History and OrganizationRATIONALE; ORGANIZATION; MESSAGES TO AND FROM THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; STEERING COMMITTEE; EXPOSURE ANALYSIS SUBCOMMITTEE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS SUBCOMMITTEE; PEER REVIEWERS; Motor Vehicle Emissions: A Strategy for Quantifying Risk; AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS: A BRIEF PERSPECTIVE; UNDERSTANDING THE COMPONENTS OF RISK; Chemical and Physical Properties of Pollutants; Pollutant Exposure and Dose to Biological Tissues; Biological Responses to Pollutants; Sensitive Individuals; RESEARCH APPROACHES; Epidemiology; Experimental Methods; Mathematical Models; Physical Models.
  • PURSUING QUANTITATIVE TOXICOLOGY: A STRATEGY FOR RESEARCHHighlights of the Authors' Recommendations; Criteria for Prioritization; A Proposed Research Strategy; Summary; CONCLUSION; References; Part II: Exposure Analysis; Automotive Emissions; POLLUTION FROM AUTOMOBILES-PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS; Emissions Standards and Control Approaches; Fuel Economy; In-Use Passenger Car Emissions; EMISSIONS REGULATIONS; Emission Test Procedures; Emission Standards; U.S. Fuel Economy Standards; VEHICLE AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY; Spark-Ignition Gasoline-Powered Vehicles.
  • Diesel-Powered Passenger Cars: Particulate ControlDiesel-Powered Heavy-Duty Vehicles; IN-USE VEHICLE AND ENGINE CHARACTERISTICS; Gasoline-Powered Passenger Cars and Trucks; Diesel-Powered Passenger Cars; Diesel-Powered Trucks; MODELS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE EMISSIONS; FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES; Trends in Gasoline Fuel Properties; Fuel Usage Trends; Methanol-Fueled Vehicles; Trends in Diesel Fuel Properties; Refueling Emissions; Additives; METHODS FOR MEASURING THE UNREGULATED POLLUTANTS*; Sampling; Analytical Methods; CURRENT REGULATED AND UNREGULATED EMISSIONS; Regulated Emissions.
  • Unregulated EmissionsSUMMARY OF RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; References; Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion of Air Pollutants Associated with Vehicular Emissions; DEFINITIONS OF TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION; Meteorological Parameters; Scales of Motion; TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS; Near Field; Urban-Scale Transport and Dispersion; Regional-Scale Transport; SUMMARY; SUMMARY OF RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS; References; Atmospheric Transformations of Automotive Emissions; COMPONENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION.

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