The "Air Pollution Reviews" series provides state-of-the-art reviews of key problems in air pollution science. Leading research workers and key figures from the regulatory and industrial communities contribute detailed and accessible accounts of areas in which they have recognized expertise. In Volume 1, current perceptions of the effects of air pollutants on health are reviewed. Recent epidemiological data on the links between particles and effects on health and the methods used to investigate these associations are critically assessed. For students reading environmental science and those beginning research on air pollution and its effects, regulatory toxicologists and physicians with an interest in environmental medicine, this series is a central source of up-to-date, critically reviewed information.