Screen LibraryEnvironmental health science : recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical health hazards /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190688622 (hardback) : 0190688629 (hardback) 9780190688639 0190688637 9780190688646 0190688645 |
| Index Number: | RA566 |
| CLC: |
R12 R994.3 X2 X5 |
| Call Number: | X5/L766-1/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Introduction and historical perspective -- Characterization of contaminants and environments -- Sources of contaminants -- Dispersion of contaminants -- Fate of contaminants : translocation, transformations, and sinks -- Effects of contaminants on human health -- Effects of contaminants on environmental quality -- Risk assessment -- Environmental sampling and exposure assessment -- Risk management -- Contaminant criteria and exposure limits -- Our environmental future. |