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Aerosol science for industrial hygienists / / James H. Vincent
Aerosol science for industrial hygienists / / James H. Vincent
Autore Vincent James H
Pubbl/distr/stampa Tarrytown, N.Y. ; ; Oxford, : Pergamon, : Elsevier Science, 1995
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (431 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Aerosols - Toxicology
Indoor air pollution
Industrial hygiene
ISBN 1-281-07254-0
9786611072544
0-08-052685-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front Cover; Aerosol Science for Industrial Hygienists; Copyright Page; Contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION TO AEROSOLS; 1.1 What is an aerosol?; 1.2 'Good' versus 'bad' aerosols; 1.3 Workplace aerosols and occupational health; 1.4 Aerosols and gases; Chapter 2. THE PROPERTIES OF AIR AND GASES; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic nature of gases; 2.3 Elementary fluid mechanics; Chapter 3. PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; 3.1 Aerosol generation in workplaces; 3.2 The evolution of aerosols; 3.3 Particle morphology; 3.4 Aerosol concentration; 3.5 Particle size; 3.6 Elementary particle size statistics
3.7 Electrical properties3.8 Mineralogical and chemical properties; 3.9 Biological properties; Chapter 4. THE MOTION OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Drag force on a particle Drag; 4.3 Particle motion; 4.4 Similarity in particle motion; 4.5 Particle aerodynamic diameter; 4.6 Impaction; 4.7 Elutriation; 4.8 Aspiration; 4.9 Diffusion; Chapter 5. THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Physical basis; 5.3 Concept of extinction or transmittance; 5.4 Particle extinction coefficient; 5.5 Experimental measurements of extinction; 5.6 Light scattering
5.7 Particle scattering coefficient5.8 Mass concentration aerosol photometry; 5.9 The visual appearance of aerosols; 5.10 Optical microscopy; Chapter 6. THE INHALATION OF AEROSOLS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The human respiratory tract; 6.3 Aerosol inhalation; 6.4 Experiments to investigate aerosol deposition in the respiratory tract; 6.5 Extrathoracic deposition; 6.6 Thoracic deposition; 6.7 Total respiratory tract deposition; 6.8 Deposition of fibrous aerosols; 6.9 Electrostatic respiratory tract deposition; 6.10 Mathematical modelling of lung deposition; Chapter 7. THE FATE OF INHALED PARTICLES
7.1 Introduction7.2 Biological mechanisms of clearance and re-distribution; 7.3 Experimental methods; 7.4 Studies of clearance and build-up; 7.5 Experimental studies of dust accumulation in lung-associated lymph nodes; 7.6 The significance of 'overload'; 7.7 Kinetics of clearance; 7.8 Dosimetry; Chapter 8. STANDARDS FOR HEALTH-RELATED AEROSOL MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Progress towards criteria for measurement of coarse aerosols; 8.3 Progress towards criteria for the measurement of finer aerosol fractions
8.4 Harmonisation of criteria for aerosol standards Fibrous aerosols8.5 Standards; Chapter 9. AEROSOL SAMPLING IN WORKPLACES; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Sampling by aspiration; 9.3 Aspiration efficiency of thin-walled sampling probes in moving air; 9.4 Aspiration efficiency of blunt samplers; 9.5 Sampling from calm air; 9.6 Physical factors which can complicate sampler performance; 9.7 Sampling in stacks and ducts; 9.8 Sampling for coarse aerosols in workplaces; 9.9 Sampling for respirable aerosol in workplaces; 9.10 Practical sampling for thoracic aerosol
9.11 Sampling for more than one fraction simultaneously
Record Nr. UNINA-9911004767603321
Vincent James H  
Tarrytown, N.Y. ; ; Oxford, : Pergamon, : Elsevier Science, 1995
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Airborne particulates [[electronic resource] /] / Ming Cheng and Wen Liu, editors
Airborne particulates [[electronic resource] /] / Ming Cheng and Wen Liu, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Altri autori (Persone) ChengMing <1964->
LiuWen <1966->
Soggetto topico Air - Pollution - Health aspects
Aerosols
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-60876-814-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452739203321
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
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Airborne particulates [[electronic resource] /] / Ming Cheng and Wen Liu, editors
Airborne particulates [[electronic resource] /] / Ming Cheng and Wen Liu, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Altri autori (Persone) ChengMing <1964->
LiuWen <1966->
Soggetto topico Air - Pollution - Health aspects
Aerosols
ISBN 1-60876-814-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto A study on bioreactivity and health effect on inhalable particulates in Beijing China / Longyi Shao ... [et al.] -- Saharan dust and the aerosols on the Canary Islands : past and present / Immaculada Menendez ... [et al.] -- Antimony in airborne particulates : a review on environmental monitoring and potential Sources / Akihiro Iijima, Keiichi Sato, and Naoki Furuta -- Airborne particulate matter in urban areas : a study of the role of reactive oxygen species on the toxic and carcinogenic effects and implications to human health / Athanasios Valavanidis, Konstantinos Fiotaki, and Thomais Vlahogianni --
Multiple techniques for researching airborne particulates : a comprehensive case study of Fallon, Nevada / Paul R. Sheppard, Gary Ridenour, Mark L. Witten -- Chemical characterization of ambient particle : PAHs and chlorinated PAHs / Takeshi Ohura -- Characteristics of atmospheric particulates and metallic elements composition study in center Taiwan / Guor-Cheng Fang -- Toxicological mechanisms underlying the adverse effects of ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) in the lung : contribution of an in-vitro approach / Guillaume Garc̦on -- Trends in modelling of radionuclides uptake by particulate matter in the marine environment using box models / A. Laissaoui and R. El Mrabet --
Correlations between disease-specific mortalities with particulate and gaseous air pollutants : risks for cardiopulmonary disease and female reproductive organ cancers / Kazuro Iwai ... [et al.] -- Photochemical degradation of selected nitro- and oxypolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on airborne particles under simulated solar UV-irradiation / Takayuki Kameda ... [et al.] -- Genotoxic and ultrastructural evidences of damage induced by fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM10) air particulate matter on murine macrophages / Anna Poma ... [et al.].
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779647703321
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
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Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards [[electronic resource] ] : Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards [[electronic resource] ] : Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (172 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Toxicology - Animal models
Biological monitoring
Health risk assessment
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-21436-8
9786610214365
0-309-59489-8
0-585-08526-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455423103321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
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Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards [[electronic resource] ] : Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards [[electronic resource] ] : Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (172 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Toxicology - Animal models
Biological monitoring
Health risk assessment
ISBN 1-280-21436-8
9786610214365
0-309-59489-8
0-585-08526-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778709603321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
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Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards : Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards : Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (172 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Toxicology - Animal models
Biological monitoring
Health risk assessment
ISBN 9786610214365
9781280214363
1280214368
9780309594899
0309594898
9780585085265
0585085269
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- Purpose of the Study -- Current Use of Animal Sentinels in Risk Assessment -- CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS -- Characteristics of Animal Sentinel Systems -- Species -- Exposure Sources -- Duration of Exposure -- Measures of Effect -- Reference Populations -- Objectives of Monitoring Animals Sentinels -- Advantages and Limitations of Animal Sentinel Systems -- Multifactorial Causality -- Measurement of Exposure and Extrapolation to Humans -- FOOD ANIMALS AS SENTINELS -- COMPANION ANIMALS AS SENTINELS -- FISH AND OTHER WILDLIFE AS SENTINELS -- ANIMAL SENTINELS IN RISK ASSESSMENT -- SELECTION AND APPLICATION OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN RISK ASSESSMENT -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- 1 Introduction -- OVERVIEW -- PURPOSE OF THE STUDY -- HISTORICAL USE OF ANIMAL SENTINELS -- CURRENT USE OF ANIMAL SENTINELS IN RISK ASSESSMENT -- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT -- 2 Concepts and Definitions -- CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS -- Species -- A sentinel should have a measurable response (including accumulation of tissue residues) to the agent or class of agents... -- A sentinel should have a territory or home range that overlaps the area to be monitored -- A sentinel species should be easily enumerated and captured -- A sentinel species must have sufficient population size and density to permit enumeration -- Exposure Sources -- Duration of Exposure -- Measures of Effect -- Reference Populations -- OBJECTIVES OF MONITORING ANIMAL SENTINELS -- Human Health Effects -- Contamination of the Food Chain -- Environmental Contamination -- Adverse Effects on Animals -- ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN OBSERVATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- Descriptive Epidemiology -- Analytic Epidemiologic.
ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN EXPERIMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY -- ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS -- Multifactorial Causality -- Measurement of Exposure and Extrapolation to Humans -- 3 Food Animals as Sentinels -- DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Food Safety and Inspection Service -- National Animal Health Monitoring System -- Market Cattle Identification Program -- Food and Drug Administration -- Shellfish Monitoring Programs -- The National Animal Poison Information Network -- Outbreak Investigation -- Methyl Mercury in Fish -- Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Chickens -- Polybrominated Biphenyls in Cattle -- ANALYTIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- Sheep and Heavy Metals -- Cattle and Heavy Metals -- Cattle and Fluoride -- SUMMARY -- 4 Companion Animals as Sentinels -- DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- Veterinary Medicine Data Program -- Poison-Control Centers -- ANALYTIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- Canine Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure -- Canine Bladder Cancer and Insecticide Exposure -- Lead Poisoning -- Breast Cancer in Dogs -- Diet and Risk of Breast Cancer -- Diet and Survival with Breast Cancer -- Birds and Polytetrafluoroethylene Exposure -- Low-Level Radiation and Cancer -- Cancer in Vietnam-Service Dogs -- Animal Neoplasm Registry -- SUMMARY -- 5 Fish and Other Wildlife as Sentinels -- DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- National Programs -- National Status and Trends Program -- Mussel Watch -- National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program -- Registry of Tumors in Lower Animals -- Penrose Laboratory of Comparative Pathology -- Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report -- State/Regional/Local Programs -- Great Lakes -- Chesapeake Bay -- Puget Sound -- Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary -- ANALYTIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES -- Initial Identification of Hazardous Agents.
Hazard Identification of Chemical Mixtures -- Indication of Bioavailability of Chemicals at Hazardous-Waste Sites -- Water-Quality Monitoring -- Indicators of Air Pollution -- Risk Characterization of Species Under Study -- Dose-Response Relationships -- Contamination of Human Food Chain -- IN SITU STUDIES -- Fish -- Planarians -- Starlings -- Earthworms -- Honey Bees -- SUMMARY -- 6 Animal Sentinels in Risk Assessment -- USE OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- Animals as General Environmental Monitors -- Animals as Monitors of Their Own Exposure -- Animals as Monitors of Exposure of Their Consumers -- Animals as Surrogate Monitors of Human Exposure -- USE OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN HAZARD IDENTIFICATION -- Early Warnings: Initial Identification of Hazardous Agents -- Hazard Identification for Chemical Mixtures -- USE OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN DOSE-RESPONSE ASSESSMENT -- USE OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN RISK CHARACTERIZATION -- Risks to Animal Species Under Study -- Risk to Consumers of Animal Species Under Study -- Risk to Humans: Animal Sentinels as Surrogates -- USE OF ANIMAL SENTINEL SYSTEMS IN RISK MANAGEMENT -- Management of Risks to Animal Species Under Study -- Management of Risks to Consumers of Animal Species Under Study -- Management of Risks to Human Health: Animal Sentinels as Surrogates -- Animal Sentinel Systems as Monitors of Effectiveness of Risk Management Actions -- SUMMARY -- 7 Selection and Application of Animal Sentinel Systems in Risk Assessment -- SYSTEM DESIGN -- IMPLEMENTATION -- VALIDATION -- PROGRAM INTEGRATION -- 8 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Appendix Workshop Participants.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910953540203321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
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Assessing the human health risks of trichloroethylene [[electronic resource] ] : key scientific issues / / Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Assessing the human health risks of trichloroethylene [[electronic resource] ] : key scientific issues / / Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (448 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Trichloroethylene - Toxicology
Trichloroethylene - Environmental aspects
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-74247-X
9786610742479
0-309-66360-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Epidemiologic Literature on Cancer and Exposure to Trichloroethylene""; ""3 Kidney Toxicity and Cancer""; ""4 Liver Toxicity and Cancer""; ""5 Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity""; ""6 Neurotoxicity""; ""7 Respiratory Tract Toxicity and Cancer""; ""8 Immunotoxicity""; ""9 Special Populations and Susceptibility""; ""10 Mixtures""; ""11 Pharmacokinetic Modeling""; ""12 Issues in the Assessment of Dose Response""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""
""Appendix A Biographic Information on the Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene""""Appendix B Participants at Public Sessions""; ""Appendix C Trichloroethylene Metabolism""; ""Appendix D Exposure Analysis of Selected Studies""; ""Appendix E Peroxisome Proliferators and Liver Cancer""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910451494703321
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006
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Assessing the human health risks of trichloroethylene [[electronic resource] ] : key scientific issues / / Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Assessing the human health risks of trichloroethylene [[electronic resource] ] : key scientific issues / / Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (448 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Trichloroethylene - Toxicology
Trichloroethylene - Environmental aspects
ISBN 1-280-74247-X
9786610742479
0-309-66360-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Epidemiologic Literature on Cancer and Exposure to Trichloroethylene""; ""3 Kidney Toxicity and Cancer""; ""4 Liver Toxicity and Cancer""; ""5 Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity""; ""6 Neurotoxicity""; ""7 Respiratory Tract Toxicity and Cancer""; ""8 Immunotoxicity""; ""9 Special Populations and Susceptibility""; ""10 Mixtures""; ""11 Pharmacokinetic Modeling""; ""12 Issues in the Assessment of Dose Response""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""
""Appendix A Biographic Information on the Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene""""Appendix B Participants at Public Sessions""; ""Appendix C Trichloroethylene Metabolism""; ""Appendix D Exposure Analysis of Selected Studies""; ""Appendix E Peroxisome Proliferators and Liver Cancer""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777867203321
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006
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Assessment of exposure-response functions for rocket-emission toxicants [[electronic resource] /] / Subcommittee on Rocket-Emission Toxicants, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Assessment of exposure-response functions for rocket-emission toxicants [[electronic resource] /] / Subcommittee on Rocket-Emission Toxicants, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Rockets (Aeronautics) - Fuel - Toxicology
Toxicology - Dose-response relationship
Hydrogen chloride - Toxicology
Nitrogen dioxide - Toxicology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-18650-X
9786610186501
0-309-59213-5
0-585-02098-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455383603321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
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Assessment of exposure-response functions for rocket-emission toxicants [[electronic resource] /] / Subcommittee on Rocket-Emission Toxicants, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Assessment of exposure-response functions for rocket-emission toxicants [[electronic resource] /] / Subcommittee on Rocket-Emission Toxicants, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina 615.9/02
Soggetto topico Rockets (Aeronautics) - Fuel - Toxicology
Toxicology - Dose-response relationship
Hydrogen chloride - Toxicology
Nitrogen dioxide - Toxicology
ISBN 0-309-17384-1
1-280-18650-X
9786610186501
0-309-59213-5
0-585-02098-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778619803321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
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