Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 52, No 3, September, 2013
UDK 61
ISSN 0365-4478(Printed version)
ISSN 1821-2794(Online)
 

Correspondence to:

Dušica Stojanović

Public Health Institute

Bulevar Dr Zorana Djindjica 50

18000 Niš, Serbia

E-mail: dusica.stojanovic@medfak.ni.ac.rs

Review article                                                                                               

UDC: 504.7

doi:10.5633/amm.2013.0307

Greenhouse gases and means of prevention

Dušica Stojanović^1,2, Svetlana Pejović^1,2,3, Zoran Milošević^1,2

University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Niš, Serbia¹

Institute of Public Health, Niš, Serbia²

State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia²

The greenhouse effect can be defined as the consequence of increased heating of the Earth's surface, as well as the lower atmosphere by carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other trace amounts gases. It is well-known that human industrial activities have released large amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, about 900 billion tons of carbon dioxide, and it is estimated that up to 450 billion are still in the atmosphere. In comparison to greenhouse gases water vapor is one of the greatest contributors to the greenhouse effect on Earth. Many projects, as does the PURGE project, have tendences to build on the already conducted research and to quantify the positive and negative impacts on health and wellbeing of the population with greenhouse gas reduction strategies that are curently being implemented and should be increasingly applied in various sectors and urban areas, having offices in Europe, China and India. Acta Medica Medianae 2013;52(3):49-54.

Key words: greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, air pollution, global warming, prevention means