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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811282503321

Autore

Hemat R. A. S

Titolo

AIR / / R.A.S. Hemat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.], : Urotext, c2006

ISBN

1-280-53851-1

9786610538515

1-903737-10-9

Descrizione fisica

381 p

Disciplina

363.7392

Soggetti

Urology

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- AIR -- The biological effects of air pollution -- Air quality -- Transport -- Acid rain -- ELEMENTS OF AIR POLLUTION -- Cathodic ray tubes screens and video display terminals -- Chemical elements -- Biological elements -- Solar radiation -- SMOKING -- Biomolecular damage of cigarette smoke -- Tobacco smoke carcinogens and lung cancer -- The renal risk of smoking -- Nicotine -- Bladder cancer -- THE FREE RADICALS -- Oxidative stress -- PATHOBIOLOGY OF ADAPTATION -- PATHOBIOLOGY OF POLLUTION -- MICROWAVE -- ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY (EHS) -- THE AIROPLANE CABIN ENVIRONMENT -- Exposures on aircraft -- Chemical contaminants -- Aircraft component materials -- Contaminants from aircraft systems -- Biological agents -- Bioaerosols -- Health considerations -- HOSPITAL'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION -- The environmental essentials to operating room -- ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES (OPS) -- ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS AND OESTROGENS MIMICKERS -- Cosmetology -- CONSEQUENCES OF AIR POLLUTION -- NEGATIVE ION GENERATOR -- Vitamins and minerals of the air -- ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS -- INDEX.