03819cam a2200349Ii 4500991003228729707536070806s2004 ne a sb 001 0 eng d97801271005790127100571b1365200x-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Ingegneria Innovazione - Sez. Ingegneria Innovazioneeng333.71422Vallero, Daniel A.312864Environmental contaminants[e-book] :assessment and control /Daniel A. ValleroAmsterdam ;Boston :Elsevier Academic Press,2004xxxix, 801 p. :ill. ;24 cmIncludes bibliographical references and indexPart I: An Environmental Policy Primer: -- 1.Scientific and Engineering Perspectives of Environmental Contaminants -- Part II: Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Engineering -- 2. Fundamentals of Environmental Physics -- 3. Applied Contaminant Physics: Fluid Properties -- 4. Environmental Equilibrium, Partitioning, and Balances -- 5. Movement of Contaminants in the Environment -- 6. Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry -- 7. Chemical Reactions in the Environment -- 8. Biological Principles of Environmental Contamination -- Part III: Contaminant Risk -- 9. Contaminant Hazards -- 10. Contaminant Exposure and Risk Calculations -- Part IV: Interventions to Address Environmental Contamination -- 11. Contaminant Sampling and Analysis -- 12. Intervention: Managing the Risks of Environmental Contamination -- 13. Environmental Decisions and Professionalism -- 14. Epilogue: Benzene Metabolism Revisited -- Glossary of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Terminology; Appendices; IndexThis book serves as a tool for environmental professionals to produce technically sound and reproducible scientific evidence. It identifies ways to clean up environmental problems in air, water, soil, sediment and living systems. Ethical issues, environmental management, and professionalism, and environmental economic problems are illustrated to assist the reader in understanding and applying quantitative analysis of environmental problems. Companion Website http://books.elsevier.com/companions/0127100571 *Real life solutions for practicing environmental professionals. *Example problems, sidebars, and case studies to illustrate ethical issues, environmental economic problems, and environmental management. *Explanation of scientific principles and concepts needed for risk assessment, waste management, contaminant transport, environmental hydrogeology, and environmental engineering & chemistry. *A fully supportive glossary, appendices and tables throughout the text contain physical, chemical and biological resources necessary for all environmental practitionersElectronic reproduction.Amsterdam :Elsevier Science & Technology,2007.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Web browser.Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 2, 2007).Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutionsEnvironmental risk assessmentEnvironmental protectionElectronic books.localOriginal01271005719780127100579(DLC) 2004559070(OCoLC)56363496Referexhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780127100579An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for informationTable of contentshttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/els051/2004559070.htmlPublisher descriptionhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/els051/2004559070.html.b1365200x03-03-2224-01-08991003228729707536Environmental contaminants807843UNISALENTOle02624-01-08m@ -engne 00