Springer Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases

This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights. From the Back Cover This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights. About the Author Fabio Capello is medical doctor, with a specialization in Pediatrics and a Master in Journalism and Science Communication. Currently works in the UK as medical doctor, medical editor and writer. He previously worked in Angola for several years for the charity Doctors for Africa. For Springer he is Editor of the series "TELe-Health", covering diverse aspects of tele-health – preventive, promotive, and curative – and exploring the full potential of the new and exciting technological solutions. His main field of interest are: projects of international cooperation in developing countries; tropical medicine with a special focus on pediatrics, malnutrition and acute severe malnutrition in children, infectious disease (including malaria, TB, HIV); eHealth and telemedicine; physics and advanced technological devices applied to health; science communication and medical education; child care and wellbeing; air pollution and ecology. Antonio V. Gaddi is medical doctor, with specialization in Cardiology and Geriatrics, PhD in Experimental Medicine, Past President of Undergraduate Course in Medicine and Surgery at Bologna University, where he was Professor of Internal Medicine until 2012. Currently working at the EuroGenLab & Caravelli Laboratory (Bologna) and as Director of the International Study Center of the Italian Society of Telemedicine (Rome). His work and research activity mainly focuses on the following topics: system medicine’s approaches to complexity; medical education; prevention of pollution-related diseases; diagnosis and prevention of complex metabolic diseases; arteriosclerosis.