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Environmental contamination : health risks and ecological restoration /
"Drawn from presentations made during the Croucher Advanced Study Institute workshop held in 2010, this volume covers all the fundamentals necessary for contaminated site assessment and remediation. It discusses historical and emerging contaminants, human health, risk assessment and bioremediat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Environmental contamination : health risks and ecological restoration / Ming Hung Wong
- Health impacts of toxic chemicals in the Pearl River delta : the need for healthcare reform? / Paul K.L. Lam and Ming Hung Wong
- Heavy metal overloads and autism in children from mainland China and Hong Kong : a preliminary study / Lillian Y.Y. Ko, Yan Yan Qin, and Ming Hung Wong
- Endocrine-disrupting contaminants and their effects on reproductive and developmental health / Chris K.C. Wong
- Assessing health risks from arsenic intake by residents in Cambodia / Suthipong Sthiannopkao [and others]
- Pragmatic approach for health risk assessment of bauxite tailing waste materials / Jack C. Ng [and others]
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in China : sources, trends, and their adverse impacts on human health / Gene J.S. Zheng [and others]
- Removal of persistent organic pollutants and compounds of emerging concern in public-owned sewage treatment works : a review / Ming Man and Ming Hung Wong
- Inverse relationship between urinary retinol-binding protein, beta-2-microglobulin, and blood manganese levels in school-age children from an e-waste recycling town / Jinrong Huang ... [at al.]
- Mitigating environmental and health risks associated with uncontrolled recycling of electronic waste : are international and national regulations effective? / Ming Hung Wong [and others]
- Decision-making support tools for managing electronic waste / Peeranart Kiddee, Ravi Naidu, and Ming Hung Wong
- Biomethylation of arsenic in contaminated soils / Richard P. Dick, Qin Wu, and Nicholas T. Basta
- Handling copper : a paradigm for the mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis / Kathryn A. Gogolin and Marinus Pilon
- Plant selenium metabolism : genetic manipulation, phytotechnological applications, and ecological implications / Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits
- Microbial transformation of phthalate esters : diversity of hydrolytic esterases / Ji-Dong Gu and Yuping Wang
- Mixed contamination of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and metals at manufactured gas plant sites : toxicity and implications to bioremediation / Palanisami Thavamani [and others]
- Toxicity and bioavailability of heavy metals and hydrocarbons in mangrove wetlands and their remediation / Lin Ke and Nora F.Y. Tam
- Origin of paddy fields and functions for environmental remediation in the urbanized areas of Yangtze River delta / Zhihong Cao
- Remediation and reuse of stormwater by ecotechnology / R. Brian E. Shutes [and others]
- Phytostabilization for sustainable end-use of arsenic-rich mine tailings in the Victorian goldfields, Australia / Augustine Doronila, Ron T. Watkins, and Alan J.M. Baker
- Field application of the stabilization process for arsenic-contaminated soil / Myoung-Soo Ko, Ki-Rak Kim, and Kyoung-Woong Kim
- Bioavailability of metals and arsenic on brownfield land : remediation or natural attenuation for risk minimization? / Nicholas M. Dickinson [and others].