Health Effects Planning Study Concerning Ozone And Other Photochemical Oxidants PDF Download

THIS SYMPOSIUM FOCUSES ON THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF OZONE AND RELATED PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS. ITS OBJECTIVES WERE TO UPDATE THE DATABASE IN THE FIELD, INCLUDING NEW FINDINGS AND ONGOING RESEARCH. OTHER TOPICS SUCH AS ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND MONITORING, MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES, AND EXPOSURE PATTERNS AND PULMONARY REGIONAL DOSIMETRY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS A BACKGROUND FOR HEALTH EFFECTS COVERING BIOCHEMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN THE LUNG AND IN EXTRAPULMONARY SITES. IN GENERAL, THE HEALTH EFFECTS AND/OR RISKS HAVE BEEN ASSESSED USING MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF ANIMAL MODELS, CONTROLLED HUMAN SUBJECTS AND COMMUNITY POPULATIONS. VARIOUS SHORT-TERM EFFECTS HAVE BEEN DELINEATED, AND ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DESCRIBE AND/OR PREDICT CHRONIC EFFECTS BASED ON SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM EXPOSURE STUDIES. THE INTEGRATED INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME IS INTENDED TO UPDATE THE LAST CRITERIA DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE EPA (1978) AND CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG. AUTHORS ABSTRACT EDITED.