Author/Editor | Hojs, Ana; Gale, Ivanka; Planinšek, Anton | |
Title | Onesnaževalci zraka v ljubljanski koltini | |
Translated title | Air pollution in Ljubljana basin | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Zdrav Vars | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 35, št. 3-4 | |
Publication year | 1996 | |
Volume | str. 137-9 | |
Language | slo | |
Abstract | Air pollutants influence human organism physically, chemically and biologically; they act due to their quality, quantity and the duration of action. Air components provoke in human responses which can be divided into: - acute reactions in the form of acute diseases, allergies, injuries and poisonings, etc., usually the consequences of shortterm action of factors of a higher intensity; - chronic reactions in form of chronic diseases, usually the consequence of a long-term exposition to the factors of a lesser intensity; - delayed reactions with onset of neoplasms and genetic changes, which can only occur in the following generations. Due to its basin position and numerous pollution sources Ljubljana is also influenced by all these factors. | |
Summary | Vplivi onesnaževalcev zraka na človeški organizem so fizikalni, kemični in biološki; učinkujejo zaradi svoje kakovosti in količine ter trajanja delovanja. Sestavine zraka izzovejo pri človeku odgovore, ki jih lahko razdelimo na: - akutne reakcije v obliki akutnih bolezni, alergij, poškodb in zastrupitev ipd., ki so običajno posledica kratkotrajnega delovanja dejavnikov v večji intenziteti; - kronične reakcije, ki se kažejo v obliki kroničnih bolezni in so običajno posledica dalj časa trajajoče izpostavljenosti dejavnikom v manjši intenziteti; - odločene reakcije, ki se kažejo z razvojem novotvorb ter genetskih sprememb, ki se lahko pokažejo šele v naslednjih generacijah. Kotlinska lega in številni viri onesnaževanja pogojujejo vse te vplive tudi v Ljubljani. | |
Descriptors | AIR POLLUTANTS SULFUR DIOXIDE SMOKE NITROGEN DIOXIDE OZONE |