Environmental toxicants : human exposures and their health effects / Morton Lippmann.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.Edition: 3rd rev. edDescription: 1008 pISBN:- 9780471793359 (hbk.) :
- 9780471793359 (Cloth)
- 363.7 LIP
- RA565 .E58 2008
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 363.7 LIP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00214303 |
Previous ed.: New York: Wiley, 1999.
1.Introduction and background -- 2.Perspectives on individual and community risks -- 3.Reducing risks - an environmental engineering perspective -- 4.Clinical perspective on respiratory toxicology -- 5.Industrial perspectives: translating the knowledge base into corporate policies, programs, and practices for health protection -- 6.Drinking water disinfection by-products -- 7.Food -- 8.Volatile organic compounds and sick building syndrome -- 9.Formaldehyde and other aldehydes -- 10.Ambient air particulate matter -- 11.Arsenic -- 12.Asbestos and other mineral and vitreous fibers -- 13.benzene -- 14.Carbon monoxide -- 15.Chromium -- 16.Diesel exhause -- 17.Dioxins and dioxin-like chemicals -- 18.Endocrine active chemicals: broadening the scope -- 19.Secondhand smoke -- 20.Lead and compounds -- 21.Mercury -- 22.Nitrogen oxides -- 23.Ozone -- 24.Pesticides -- 25.Sulfur oxides-SO2, H2SO4, NH4HSO4, and (NH4)2SO4 -- 26.Microwaves and electromagnetic fileds -- 27.Sources, levels and effects of manmade ionizing radiation and radioactivity -- 28.Noise: its effects and control -- 29.Radon and lung cancer -- 30.Ultraviolet radation.
Presents the information and research for performing risk assessments on exposed individuals and populations, giving guidance to public health authorities, primary care physicians, and industrial managers.