Health and Environmental Effects of Ambient Air Pollution

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani is a full professor at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. His scientific research interests include environmental science and he is the author of various research studies published in national and international journals and conference proceedings and head of several research projects at the TUMS. He is an editorial board member, guest editor, and reviewer in many internal and international journals and a member of several international science committees worldwide. He is a supervisor and advisor for many PhD and MSc theses at the TUMS. He is currently also a member of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health and member of the Institute for Environmental Research at the TUMS.Rama Rao Karri is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Brunei. He holds a PhD from IIT Delhi and a Master’s from IIT Kanpur in Chemical Engineering. With over 20 years of experience in academia, industry, and research, he has experience working in multidisciplinary fields and has expertise in various evolutionary optimization techniques and process modelling. His expertise extends to process modeling and simulation, focusing on optimizing chemical and environmental processes to improve efficiency and sustainability. He serves on editorial boards of several international journals and acts as a peer reviewer for numerous reputed publications. He is also a guest editor for special issues on nanocomposites and environmental engineering topics. Additionally, he contributes to authoring and editing books on sustainable technologies, environmental remediation, and process monitoring with leading academic publishers. Dr. Teresa Vera is a chemical researcher with the CEAM Foundation at the EUPHORE installation (European Photoreactor), one of the largest research facilities in Spain and Europe to study atmospheric chemical processes. She obtained her PhD from the Valencia University and has more than 25 years of experience in the area of atmospheric chemistry.Prof. Salwa Kamal Mohamed Hassan is a professor of air pollution chemistry in the Air Pollution Research Department at the Environment and Climate Change Research Institute, National Research Centre in Dokki, Giza, Egypt. Her main field of interest is air pollution monitoring and measurements, atmospheric photochemical reactions, the atmosphere's chemistry and chemical composition, and the study of pollutants in urban, industrial, and rural areas. She has about 30 years of experience in the area of atmospheric chemistry.

• 1. Classification, sources, and occurrence of outdoor air pollutantsSalwa Kamal Hassan and Rama Rao Karri2. Effects of particulate matter on human healthShabnam Ahamadi I, Soumya Ghosh, Samar Sami AlKafaas, Samah Abdel Aziz, Esraa E. Ammar, Mohamed I. Elsalahaty, Heba Bedair, Andrew Oroke, Alhadji Malloum, Sina Pourebrahimi and Mai Mahmoud Zafer3. Effects of outdoor air pollutants on plants and agricultural productivityZeinab Rafie-Rad I, Taqi Raza, Neal S. Eash, Maryam Moradi-Khajevand and Majid Moradkhani4. Environmental and health effects of acid rainSivamani Sivalingam, Vishal G and Anush B5. Environmental and health effects of global warmingSivamani Sivalingam, Harish A and Roshinth Selva M6. Gender and Age-Based Assessment of Respiratory Tract Exposure Risk to Urban Commuter Particulate Matter: A Comparative Evaluation of Dosimetry Modelsramsundram.civil@kct.ac.in Ramsundram7. Epidemiological aspects of outdoor air pollution-Link between air pollution and COVID-19Avik Kumar Sam, Harish Chandra Phuleria, Swapnali Patil and Siuli Mukhopadhyay8. Meta-analyses of outdoor air pollutants in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: Sources, Health effects and Remediation.Anupma Kumari9. Socio-economic aspects of outdoor air pollutionSuman Mishra, Zainab Mushtaq and Pargin Bangotra10. Effects of urbanization and industrialization on air qualityNawhath Thanvisitthpon, Kraiwuth Kallawicha, and H.Jasmine Chao11. Outdoor air pollution due to transportation, landfill and incineratorsRatna Dwi Puji Astuti and Annisa Utami Rauf12. Introduction to meteorological, climate and topographical factors affecting air pollutionNawhath Thanvisitthpon, Kraiwuth Kallawicha, and H.Jasmine Chao13. Impact of the changing climate on air pollution and heat stress – A comprehensive reviewSourangsu Chowdhury, Kristin Aunan, Abhishek Upadhyay, Ekta Chaudhary and Iulia Marginean