Atmospheric Aerosols and Human Health
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Pollution and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 August 2026 | Viewed by 111
Special Issue Editor
Interests: air pollution chemistry; atmospheric analysis; air pollution exposure; radioactivity analysis; source apportionment; environmental health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Atmospheric aerosols—suspensions of solid and liquid particles in air—play central roles in climate, air quality, and human and ecosystem health. They originate from natural sources (sea spray, dust, wildfires, biogenic emissions, volcanic activity) and human activities (fossil fuel and biomass combustion, industry, agriculture, transportation). Their impacts are governed by size, composition, mixing state, and lifetime, which control interactions with radiation, clouds, trace gases, and surfaces.
Aerosols scatter and absorb solar and terrestrial radiation, exerting both cooling and warming effects, and act as cloud condensation and ice-nucleating particles, altering cloud properties, precipitation, and atmospheric circulation. They drive regional phenomena such as haze, visibility degradation, and the deposition of nutrients and contaminants on land, in the ocean, and in the cryosphere, thereby influencing biogeochemical cycles. Rapid changes in emissions, land use, and climate are reshaping global and regional aerosol burdens and distributions.
This Special Issue invites contributions that advance our understanding of aerosol sources, transformations, and sinks; radioactive interactions; and the coupled climate–air quality–health implications necessary to inform effective, equitable policy and mitigation.
We invite the following submission types:
- Original research articles;
- Review and perspective papers on emerging or cross-cutting topics.
Dr. Choong-Min Kang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- atmospheric aerosols
- source apportionment
- radioactivity
- health effect
- mitigation
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