TY - CHAP AU - João Nuno Pinto Miranda Garcia AU - Joana Borrega AU - Luís M. R. Coelho ED - Jorge Del Real Olvera Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Airborne PM Impact on Health, Overview of Variables, and Key Factors to Decision Making in Air Quality N2 - Currently, one of the most evident and dangerous contaminants aspects for the health of all living beings is air pollution. To understand the severity of this environmental problem, in this book the authors make an in-depth review of different environmental aspects on monitoring, quantification and elimination of emissions to the atmosphere, generated by diverse anthropogenic activities in large cities. Contributors of this book have made an effort to put their ideas in simple terms without forgoing quality. The principal objective of this book is to present the most recent technical literature to all interested readers in this field. BT - Air Pollution SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.79695 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.79695 SN - 978-1-83880-194-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-18 ER -