Environmental Health Science: Air Pollution
LECTURE NOTES
For Environmental Health Science Students
Air Pollution
Mengesha Admassu, Mamo Wubeshet
University of Gondar
In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education
August 2006
Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.
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©2005 by Mengesha Admassu, Mamo Wubeshet
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PREFACE
Shortage of appropriate textbooks that could meet the need for training professionals on the nature and the magnitude of ambient and indoor air pollutions and their effects have been one of the outstanding problems in the existing higher health learning institutions in Ethiopia. Therefore, a well-developed teaching material to produce the required qualified health professionals, who are considered to shoulder the responsibility of
For Environmental Health Science Students
Air Pollution
Mengesha Admassu, Mamo Wubeshet
University of Gondar
In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education
August 2006
Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00. Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.
Important Guidelines for Printing and Photocopying Limited permission is granted free of charge to print or photocopy all pages of this publication for educational, not-for-profit use by health care workers, students or faculty. All copies must retain all author credits and copyright notices included in the original document. Under no circumstances is it permissible to sell or distribute on a commercial basis, or to claim authorship of, copies of material reproduced from this publication.
©2005 by Mengesha Admassu, Mamo Wubeshet
All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided above, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the author or authors.
This material is intended for educational use only by practicing health care workers or students and faculty in a health care field.
PREFACE
Shortage of appropriate textbooks that could meet the need for training professionals on the nature and the magnitude of ambient and indoor air pollutions and their effects have been one of the outstanding problems in the existing higher health learning institutions in Ethiopia. Therefore, a well-developed teaching material to produce the required qualified health professionals, who are considered to shoulder the responsibility of