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Environmental health science : recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical and physical health hazards /
This is a broad, in-depth introduction to a scientific field that is becoming ever more central to human health. Environmental exposures to a bewildering array of chemical and physical agents result from our individual and collective activities, and can cause effects ranging from discomfort through...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Characterization of contaminants, environments, and human health
- Sources of contaminants
- Dispersion of contaminants
- Fate of environmental chemicals : translocation, transformations, and sinks
- Effects of chemical contaminants on human health
- Anthropogenic impacts on environmental quality : their influence on human health and welfare
- Human exposure assessment
- Environmental noise
- Nonionizing electromagnetic radiation
- Ionizing radiation and environmental radioactivity
- Contamination criteria and exposure limits : guidelines and standards
- Risk assessment
- Risk management
- Our environmental future.