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Pollutants, human health, and the environment a risk based approach /

Pollutants, the Environment and Human Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health. Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants. Each...

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Group Author: Plant, Jane A; Voulvoulis, Nikolaos; Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala, 1954
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Pollution > Environmental aspects
Pollution > Health aspects
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Engineering
Environmental engineering
Environmental Studies
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119950127
Summary: Pollutants, the Environment and Human Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health. Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants. Each chapter will follow a similar format to facilitate comparison and discussion. For each pollutant, the authors describe the sources, pathways, environmental fate and sinks as well as known toxicological effects. Importantly the second chapter on heavy metals and other inorganic substances will dea
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119950127 (electronic bk.)
1119950120 (electronic bk.)
9781119950110 (electronic bk.)
1119950112 (electronic bk.)
9781119951063 (electronic bk.)
1119951062 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: TD196
CLC: X50
Contents: POLLUTANTS, HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A RISK BASED APPROACH; Contents; Forewords; Tribute; The Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The scientific appraisal of hazardous substances in the environment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Fundamental concepts of toxicology; 1.3 Some notions of environmental epidemiology; 1.4 Scientific evidence and the precautionary principle; 1.5 Uncertainty and controversy: the endocrine disruption example; 1.6 Concluding remarks; References; 2 Regulatory systems and guidelines for the management of risk; 2.1 Introduction.

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