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UNINA9910971290503321 |
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Titolo |
Health effects of beryllium exposure : a literature review / / Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies |
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Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2007 |
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9786611093570 |
9780309179621 |
0309179629 |
9781281093578 |
1281093572 |
9780309111683 |
0309111684 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (109 p.) |
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Beryllium - Toxicology |
Beryllium - Health aspects |
Risk assessment |
Beryllium - toxicity |
Berylliosis |
Occupational Exposure |
Risk Assessment |
Review |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Exposure Assessment""; ""3 Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease""; ""4 Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity""; ""5 Assessment of Other Health End Points""; ""References""; ""Appendix: Biographic Information on the Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures"" |
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Beryllium is an important metal that is used in a number of industries-including the defense, aerospace, automotive, medical, and electronics industries-because of its exceptional strength, stability, and heat-absorbing capability. It is found in a variety of technologies, including nuclear devices, satellite systems, missile systems, radar systems, bushings and bearings in aircraft and heavy machinery, x-ray machines used for mammography, cellular telephone components, computer components, and connectors for fiber optics. To help determine the steps necessary to protect its workforce from the adverse effects of exposure to beryllium used in military aerospace applications, the U.S. Air Force requested that the National Research Council's Committee on Toxicology (COT) conduct an independent evaluation of the scientific literature on beryllium, provide risk estimates for cancer and noncancer health end points, and make recommendations about specific tests for surveillance and biomonitoring of workers. The request specified that two reports be produced to accomplish those tasks. The first is to provide a review of the scientific literature on beryllium, and the second will expand more critically on the review in considering the maximum chronic inhalation exposure levels that are unlikely to produce adverse health effects, in estimating carcinogenic risks, and in providing guidance on testing methods for surveillance and monitoring of worker populations and other specific issues detailed in the statement of task. In response to the U.S. Air Force request, COT convened the Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures, which prepared this first report. Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure: A Literature Review identifies the available toxicologic, epidemiologic, and other literature on beryllium that is most relevant for addressing the statement of task, focusing primarily on beryllium sensitization, CBD, and cancer. |
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UNINA9910970931003321 |
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Autore |
Shilon Avi |
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Menachem Begin : a life / / Avi Shilon ; translated from the Hebrew by Danielle Zilberberg & Yoram Sharett |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012 |
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0-300-18903-6 |
1-283-90645-7 |
0-300-16235-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 545 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) ) : illustrations (black and white) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ZilberbergDanielle |
SharettYoram |
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Revisionist Zionists - Israel |
Prime ministers - Israel |
Israel Politics and government 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Political talent -- A commander's getaway -- Going underground -- Declaration of rebellion -- A bomb in the heart of the empire -- Jubilation and disappointment -- Rejected and outcast -- Be killed but do not transgress -- Buds of legitimacy -- The breakthrough -- Once more a rebel -- Against expectations -- God, you have chosen us to rule -- No more war -- Deterioration -- The Begin doctrine -- King of israel --There will be not a single katyusha -- The downfall -- Self-flagellation -- Sharon was afraid of me -- Epilogue. |
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Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. And yet, in 1979 he signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Egypt for which he and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Such a contradiction was typical in Begin's life: no other Israeli played as many different, sometimes conflicting, roles as Begin, and no other figure inspired such sharply opposing responses. Begin was belittled and beloved, revered and despised, and his career was |
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punctuated by exhilarating highs on the one hand, despair and ostracism on the other. This riveting biography is the first to provide a satisfactory answer to the question, Who was Begin? Based on wide-ranging research among archival documents and on testimonials and interviews with Begin's closest advisers, the book presents a detailed new portrait of the founding leader. Among the many topics the book holds up to new light are Begin's antagonistic relationship with David Ben-Gurion, his controversial role in the 1982 Lebanon War, his unique leadership style, the changes in his ideology over the years, and the mystery behind the total silence he maintained at the end of his career. Through Begin's remarkable life, the book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today. |
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