Book description
This book assists scientists, toxicologists, clinicians, and public
health regulators to understand the complex issues that determine the
impact of air pollution on the cardiovascular system. It covers a range
of relevant topics including particulate matter (PM) sources and
characterization, methods of exposure, impact of PM on cells and
systems, role of particles in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular
disease, risk assessment, and potential environmental and therapeutic
interventions.
Flemming R. Cassee is head of the Department of Inhalation
Toxicology, deputy head of the Center for Environmental Health, and
leader of the program on air pollution and health at the National
Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Nicholas L. Mills is a British Heart Foundation Clinical Fellow at
the University of Edinburgh and Specialist Registrar in Cardiology at
the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
David E. Newby is the British Heart Foundation John Wheatley Chair of
Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Consultant
Interventional Cardiologist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,
Director of the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Director of
the Clinical Research Imaging Centre, and Director of Research and
Development for NHS Lothian.
