Lead in the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : A Call for Action

• Autore: Americas Committee to Reduce Lead Exposure in the
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : National Academies Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.9
• Soggetto topico: Electronic books. -- local; Lead poisoning -- Mexico; Lead poisoning -- United States
• Persona (resp. second.): Hernández-ÁvilaMauricio; RallDavid P
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""LEAD IN THE AMERICAS: A call for action""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""PREAMBLE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER 1 Executive Summary: Action Plan to Reduce Lead in the Americas""; ""MAKE THE TECHNICAL CHANGES""; ""ASSEMBLE AND SHARE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION""; ""BUILD CAPACITY AND TRAIN THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL""; ""BUILD POLITICAL WILL""; ""INVOLVE THE TARGET COMMUNITY""; ""DETERMINE AND COMMUNICATE THE BENEFITS, AND COSTS, OF ELIMINATING LEAD FROM INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES""; ""IDENTIFY CASES, PREVENT FURTHER EXPOSURES, AND PROVIDE CLINICAL CARE"" ; ""EVALUATE THE RESULTS""""FOLLOW-UP""; ""CHAPTER 2 Setting the Stage: Historical Milestones in the Reduction of Lead in the Americas""; ""CHAPTER 3 Plenary Sessions ""; ""SESSION A Keynote Address""; ""LEAD AT THE WORKPLACE AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT: IS IT PREVENTABLE?""; ""MANAGEMENT OF LEAD HAZARDS IN AN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRY-THE CASE OF FINLAND""; ""MANAGEMENT OF LEAD HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE OF DEVELOPING AND NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES""; ""WHAT IS THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LEAD HAZARDS?""; ""SUSTAINABLE PREVENTION OF LEAD POISONING"" ; ""SESSION B Health Effects of Lead""""EFFECTS OF LEAD ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH""; ""SOURCES AND PATHWAYS OF LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN""; ""EVOLUTION IN CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DANGERS OF LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN""; ""SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF SEVERE LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""EFFECTS OF LEAD ON ADULT HEALTH""; ""RECOGNITION OF THE PROBLEMA""; ""ROUTES OF EXPOSURE""; ""EXCRETION""; ""HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""Hematopoetic Effects""; ""Neurological Effects on the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems""; ""Renal Effects""; ""Cardiovascular Effects"" ; ""Gastrointestinal Effects""""Skeletal Effects""; ""Reproductive Effects""; ""Carcinogenic and Genotoxic Effects""; ""EXPOSURE INDICATORS""; ""Clinical Tests""; ""Clinical Examination""; ""Treatment""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""SESSION C Extent, Sources, and Pathways of Lead Exposure in the Hemisphere""; ""PREVALENCE OF EXPOSURE AND DATA QUALITY OF LEAD CONTAMINATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN""; ""METHODS""; ""RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""NATURE AND EXTENT OF LEAD EXPOSURES AND TOXICITY IN THE AMERICAS""; ""SESSION D Case Studies of Interventions"" ; ""INTRODUCTION: CASE STUDIES OF INTERVENTIONS""""VOLUNTARY INDUSTRY INITIATIVE: REMOVAL OF LEAD SOLDER FROM CANS""; ""A CASE STUDY IN GOVERNMENT REGULATION: U.S. GASOLINE LEAD REDUCTION""; ""SOURCES AND PATHWAYS""; ""EXPOSED POPULATION""; ""EXPOSURE-BODY BURDEN ASSOCIATION""; ""BODY BURDEN-EFFECT ASSOCIATION""; ""CONTROL STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT""; ""BARRIERS TO CHANGE""; ""ECONOMIC ANALYSIS""; ""MEASURES OF SUCCESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""ACTIVISM: THE ROLE OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN PROMOTING A HEALTHY WORKPLACE""; ""HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""INTERVENTION STRATEGIES"" ; ""Education and Training""
• Titolo autorizzato: Lead in the Americas
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777418503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II