Health Hazards of Environmental Arsenic Poisoning : From Epidemic to Pandemic /
This book covers the entire spectrum of health effects induced by chronic arsenic poisoning, which is prevalent in more than 30 countries due to the use of unclean underground water, a result of surface water pollution and shortage. This environmental health disaster has been considered more catastr...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autres auteurs: | , |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
Publié: |
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific Pub.,
©2011.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | This book covers the entire spectrum of health effects induced by chronic arsenic poisoning, which is prevalent in more than 30 countries due to the use of unclean underground water, a result of surface water pollution and shortage. This environmental health disaster has been considered more catastrophic than the Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion in the former Soviet Union and the Bhopal chemical plant explosion in India. All contributors to this review volume have done extensive research on arsenic poisoning and published excellent papers in internationally well-known journals. Health Hazards. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789814291828 981429182X 1283433362 9781283433365 |