Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects

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Morton Lippmann
John Wiley & Sons, 26 mar 2009 - 1200 pagine
  • Provides the most current information and research available for performing risk assessments on exposed individuals and populations, giving guidance to public health authorities, primary care physicians, and industrial managers
  • Reviews current knowledge on human exposure to selected chemical agents and physical factors in the ambient environment
  • Updates and revises the previous edition, in light of current scientific literature and its significance to public health concerns
  • Includes new chapters on: airline cabin exposures, arsenic, endocrine disruptors, and nanoparticles
 

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1 Introduction and Background
1
2 Perspectives on Individual and Community Risks
39
3 Reducing RisksAn Environmental Engineering Perspective
55
4 Clinical Perspective on Respiratory Toxicology
77
5 Industrial Perspectives Translating the Knowledge Base into Corporate Policies Programs and Practices for Health Protection
107
6 Drinking Water Disinfection ByProducts
121
7 Food
197
8 Volatile Organic Compounds and Sick Building Syndrome
241
17 Dioxins and DioxinLike Chemicals
633
18 Endocrine Active Chemicals Broadening the Scope
661
19 Secondhand Smoke
703
20 Lead and Compounds
757
21 Mercury
811
22 Nitrogen Oxides
823
23 Ozone
869
24 Pesticides
937

9 Formaldehyde and Other Aldehydes
257
10 Ambient Air Particulate Matter
317
11 Arsenic
367
12 Asbestos and Other Mineral and Vitreous Fibers
395
13 Benzene
459
14 Carbon Monoxide
499
15 Chromium
529
16 Diesel Exhaust
551
25 Sulfur OxidesSO2 H2SO4 NH4HSO4 and NH42SO4
957
26 Microwaves and Electromagnetic Fields
1001
27 Sources Levels and Effects of Manmade Ionizing Radiation and Radioactivity
1021
28 Noise Its Effects and Control
1071
29 Radon and Lung Cancer
1089
30 Ultraviolet Radiation
1121
INDEX
1163
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Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects
Morton Lippmann
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Morton Lippmann
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Informazioni sull'autore (2009)

Morton Lippmann, PhD, is Professor of Environmental Medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, and the Director of NYU's Research Center for the Health Risks of Ambient Particulate Matter. Dr. Lippmann also directs the Human Exposure and Health Effects Research Program at New York University's Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine.

Informazioni bibliografiche

TitoloEnvironmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects
CuratoreMorton Lippmann
Edizione3
EditoreJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009
ISBN0470442883, 9780470442883
Lunghezza1200 pagine
  
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