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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155007503321

Autore

Forsgren Amy

Titolo

Airborne occupational hazards in sewer systems / / Amy Forsgren and Kristina Brinck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-36784-X

1-4987-5788-X

1-315-35083-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

628/.20289

Soggetti

Sewerage - Safety measures

Manholes - Safety measures

Sewer gas - Toxicology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Confined spaces -- 3. Hydrogen sulfide, part 1 : the macro view -- 4. Hydrogen sulfide, part 2 : toxicology -- 5. Biomarkers for hydrogen sulfide poisoning -- 6. Methane and natural gas -- 7. Methane case studey : the Abbeystead explosion -- 8. Case study, natural gas : the East Ohio Gas Company explosion -- 9. Other vapors or gases -- 10. Biological hazards -- 11. Viral hepatitis -- 12. Leptospirosis/Weill's disease -- 13. Exercises.