Air Pollution Management Strategies, Environmental Impact and Health Risks

Intro -- AIR POLLUTION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND HEALTH RISKS -- AIR POLLUTION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND HEALTH RISKS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: AN ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN HISTORICAL AIR POLLUTION DATA VIA LINEAR REGRESSION AND THE TIME - SERIES TECHNIQUE -- ABSTRACT -- LIST OF PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND TREATMENTOF OBSERVATIONS -- 2.1. Linear Regression -- 2.2. Analysis via the Time - Series Technique -- 2.3. Removal of Autocorrelation: An Elementary (Introductory) Approach -- 2.4. Quantitative Aspects of the Time Series - Based Treatment -- 3. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS -- 3.1. Representation via Simple Linear Regression -- 3.2. Durbin - Watson Statistics for Observation Sizes 15 ≤ n ≤ 100 -- 3.3. Representation via Autocorrelation - Free Regressions -- 3.4. Verifying the Removal of Autocorrelation: The Von Neumann Ratio (VNR) Test -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH -- Chapter 2: SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM ROAD TRANSPORT WITHIN URBAN AREAS AND ITS RELATION TO HEALTH RISKS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 3. INPUT DATASETS FOR ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTIONAND POTENTIAL HUMAN EXPOSURE -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF URBAN AIR POLLUTION ON CARDIOPULMONARY AND MALIGNANT DEATH RATES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Seasonal Variations in Mortality and Air Pollution -- Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Mortality -- Evidence from 'Natural Experiments' -- Limitations of Epidemiological Studies -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.