One of our era's greatest scourges is air pollution, on account not only of its impact on
climate change but also its impact on public and individual health due to increasing …

Indoor air pollution (IAP) is a serious threat to human health, causing millions of deaths each
year. A plethora of pollutants can result in IAP; therefore, it is very important to identify their …

This chapter discusses the concepts of CO 2 emission, global warming, and climate change
with an emphasis on their environmental impacts. Specifically, the chapter reviews different …

Cancer is one of the major diseases that cause a high number of deaths globally. Of the
major types of cancers, lung cancer is known to be the most chronic form of cancer in the …

Carcinoma of the lungs is among the most menacing forms of malignancy and has a poor
prognosis, with a low overall survival rate due to delayed detection and ineffectiveness of …

With air pollution increasing around 75% in the past 30 years, 80% of the globe's wasted
water flowing into Earth's oceans and rivers untreated, and more than 22 million hectares of …

The deleterious effects of ambient air pollution on human health have been consistently
documented by many epidemiologic studies worldwide, and it has been calculated that …

In China, where air pollution has become a major threat to public health, public awareness
of the detrimental effects of air pollution on respiratory health is increasing—particularly in …

Air pollution is the biggest environmental cause of death worldwide, with HAP accounting for
about 3.5–4 million deaths every year [11]. Extensive literature supports a causal …

Exposure to air pollutants has been previously associated with respiratory viral infections,
including influenza, measles, mumps, rhinovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus …