Acknowledgements
The 2010 AAAR Air Pollution and Health Conference would not have been possible if not for the generous support by a number of sponsors that included: Environmental Protection Agency, Health Effects Institute, American Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute, California Air Resources Board—Research Division, Electric Power Research Institute, NARSTO, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Southern Company, Air & Waste Management Association, International Society of Exposure Sciences, and Springer. The AAAR and its Board of Directors, the professional society sponsoring the meeting, along with Association Headquarters, AAAR’s management company, also were pivotal in making the Conference a huge success. Special thanks are given to the Conference co-chair, Maria Costantini, to Conference committee members as listed at http://aaar.2010specialty.org/ and in the Conference program (http://aaar.2010specialty.org/pdfs/2010_Specialty_Conf_Final_Program.pdf), and to those who attended and participated in the meeting.
Declaration of interest
The U.S. EPA through its Office of Research and Development funded and managed the development of this preface. It has been subjected to Agency’s administrative review and approved for publication.