TY  - CHAP
AU  - Sümer Aras
AU  - Demet Cansaran-Duman
AU  - Çiğdem Vardar
AU  - Esin Başaran
ED  - Anca Maria Moldoveanu
Y1  - 2011-09-06
PY  - 2011
T1  - Comparative Analysis of Bioindicator and Genotoxicity Indicator Capacity of Lichens Exposed to Air Pollution
N2  - Today, an important issue is environmental pollution, especially air pollution. Due to pollutants present in air, human health as well as animal health and vegetation may suffer. The book can be divided in two parts. The first half presents how the environmental modifications induced by air pollution can have an impact on human health by inducing modifications in different organs and systems and leading to human pathology. This part also presents how environmental modifications induced by air pollution can influence human health during pregnancy. The second half of the book presents the influence of environmental pollution on animal health and vegetation and how this impact can be assessed (the use of the micronucleus tests on TRADESCANTIA to evaluate the genotoxic effects of air pollution, the use of transplanted lichen PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA  for biomonitoring the presence of heavy metals, the monitoring of epiphytic lichen biodiversity to detect environmental quality and air pollution, etc). The book is recommended to professionals interested in health and environmental issues.
BT  - Air Pollution
SP  - Ch. 9
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/20821
DO  - 10.5772/20821
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-04
ER  -