CONTENTS 1. Ambient Air Pollution and Birth Defects in Brisbane, Australia 7 Craig A. Hansen, Adrian G. Barnett, Bin B. Jalaludin, Geoffrey G. Morgan 2. The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) Birth Cohort Study : Design, Methods, and Study Population25 James E. Gern, Cynthia M. Visness, Peter J. Gergen, Robert A. Wood, Gordon R. Bloomberg, George T. O'Connor, Meyer Kattan, Hugh A. Sampson, Frank R. Witter, Megan T. Sandel, Wayne G. Shreffler, Rosalind}. Wright, Samuel J. Arbes, Jr., William W. Busse 3. Air Quality and Acute Respiratory Illness in Biomass Fuel Using Homes in Bagamoyo, Tanzania 52 James H. Kilabuko, Hidieki Matsuki and Satoshi Nakai 4. Identification of Regional Air Pollution Characteristic and the Correlation with Public Health in Taiwan 66 Cheng F. Lee, Jen H. Hsiao, Shin J. Cheng, and Huey H. Hsieh 5. Surface Area of Particle Administered Versus Mass in Determining the Pulmonary Toxicity of Ultrafine and Fine Carbon Black : Comparison to Ultrafine Titanium Dioxide 78 Tina M Sager and Vincent Castranova 6. Tobacco Smoke, Indoor Air Pollution and Tuberculosis : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 100 Hsien-Ho Lin, Majid Ezzati, Megan Murray 7. Does Traffic Exhaust Contribute to the Development of Asthma and Allergic Sensitization in Children: Findings from Recent Cohort Studies 129 Lennart Brdbdck and Bertil Forsberg 8. Use of Multi-Objective Air Pollution Monitoring Sites and Online Air Pollution Monitoring System for Total Health Risk Assessment in Hyderabad, India 149 Y. Anjaneyulu, I. Jayakumar, V. Hima Bindu, G. Sagaresivar, P. V. Mukunda Rao, N. Rambabu, and K. V. Ramani 9. Investigation into Pedestrian Exposure to Near-Vehicle Exhaust Emissions 168 NeilA Buzzard, Nigel N Clark and Steven E Guffey 10. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Health in Mandi-Gobindgarh, Punjab, India-A Pilot Study190 Jyoti Nautiyal, M. L. Garg, Manoj Sharma Kumar, AsifAli Khan, Jarnail S. Thakur and Rajesh Kumar 11. Some Observational and Modeling Studies of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer at Mississippi Gulf Coast for Air Pollution Dispersion Assessment 219 Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, Venkata Srinivas Challa, Jayakumar Indracanti, Hariprasad Dasari, Julius Baham, Chuck Patrick, John Young Robert Hughes, Lorren D. White Mark G. Hardy and Shelton Swanier 12. Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Respiratory Symptoms Among Asthmatic Children, Resident in Mexico City: The EVA Cohort Study 251 Maria-Consuelo Escamilla-Nuhez, Albino Barraza-Villarreal, Leticia Hernandez-Cadena, Hortensia Moreno-Macias, Matiana Ramirez-Aguilar, Juan-Jose Sienra-Monge, Marlene Cortez-Lugo, Jose-Luis Texcalac, Blanca del Rio-Navarro and Isabelle Romieu 13. Use of a Remote Car Starter in Relation to Smog and Climate Change Perceptions: A Population Survey in Quebec (Canada)269 Diane Belanger, Pierre Gosselin, Pierre Valois, Stephane Germain and Belkacem Abdous 14. Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution-Recent Research Development and Contemporary Methodological Challenges 287 Cizao Ren and Shilu Tong Index309