Environmental health science : recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical and physical health hazards / / Morton Lippmann, Beverly S. Cohen, Richard B. Schlesinger
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| Autore: |
Lippmann Morton
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| Titolo: |
Environmental health science : recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical and physical health hazards / / Morton Lippmann, Beverly S. Cohen, Richard B. Schlesinger
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | [New edition] / |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (559 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615.9/02 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental health |
| Pollution | |
| Hazardous substances | |
| Chemicals - Safety measures | |
| Altri autori: |
CohenBeverly S
SchlesingerRichard B
LippmannMorton
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| Note generali: | "This book is a revision and expansion of Chemical contamination in the human environment by Morton Lippmann and Richard B. Schlesinger, published by Oxford University Press in 1979"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Supplementary bibliography: p. 529-531. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Characterization of Contaminants, Environments, and Human Health -- 3. Sources of Contaminants -- 4. Dispersion of Contaminants -- 5. Fate of Environmental Chemicals: Translocation, Transformations, and Sinks -- 6. Effects of Chemical Contaminants on Human Health -- 7. Anthropogenic Impacts on Environmental Quality: Their Influence on Human Health and Welfare -- 8. Human Exposure Assessment -- 9. Environmental Noise -- 10. Nonionizing Electromagnetic Radiation -- 11. Ionizing Radiation and Environmental Radioactivity -- 12. Contamination Criteria and Exposure Limits: Guidelines and Standards -- 13. Risk Assessment -- 14. Risk Management -- 15. Our Environmental Future -- Supplementary Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This text is a broad, in-depth introduction to a scientific field that is becoming ever more central to human health. It includes chapters on noise, ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation, risk assessment and risk management. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Environmental health science |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773756-0 |
| 1-280-76031-1 | |
| 9786610760312 | |
| 0-19-974876-4 | |
| 1-4294-2136-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811602903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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