title: Combustion By-Products and their Health Effects--combustion engineering and global health in the 21st century: issues and challenges.
abstract: The 13th International Congress on Combustion By-Products and their Health Effects was held in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 15 to 18, 2013. The congress, sponsored by the Superfund Research Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and National Science Foundation, brought together international academic and government researchers, engineers, scientists, and policymakers. With industrial growth, increased power needs and generation and coal consumption and their concomitant emissions, pernicious health effects associated with exposures to these emissions are on the rise. This congress provides a unique platform for interdisciplinary exchange and discussion of these topics. The formation, conversion, control, and health effects of combustion by-products, including particulate matter and associated heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and environmentally persistent free radicals, were discussed during the congress. This review will summarize and discuss the implications of the data presented.
authors.affiliation: Children's Research Foundation Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 50 N. Dunlap, Memphis, TN 38103, USA. Email: scormier@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Slawo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lomnicki
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gullett
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stöger
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Tammy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Dugas
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Varner
authors.forename: Danielle J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dellinger
authors.forename: Stephania A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cormier
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004738:Engineering / Q000639:trends; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control; D014943:Global Health / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke; D001335:Vehicle Emissions
keywords: combustion by-products; dosimetry; environmentally persistent free; gulf oil spill; health effects; radicals