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Environmental toxicants human exposures and their health effects

Morton Lippmann

Hoboken, N.J John Wiley & Sons c2009

Localização: FORP - Fac. Odont. de Ribeirão Preto    (614.7 E61 3.ed. 7539 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Environmental toxicants human exposures and their health effects
  • Autor: Morton Lippmann
  • Assuntos: Environmental health; TOXICOLOGIA AMBIENTAL; SAÚDE AMBIENTAL; Green technology; Gesundheitsgefährdung; Umweltgift; Environmental Pollutants -- adverse effects; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Health; Environmental Pollutants -- toxicity
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Descrição: Preface -- Contributors -- 1: Introduction And Background -- 1-1: Characterization of chemical contaminants -- 1-2: Human exposures and dosimetry -- 1-3: Chemical exposures and dose to target tissues -- 1-4: Concentration of toxic chemicals in human microenvironments -- 1-5: Inhalation exposures and respiratory tract effects -- 1-6: Ingestion exposures and gastrointestinal tract effects -- 1-7: Skin exposure and dermal effects -- 1-8: Absorption through membranes and systemic circulation -- 1-9: Accumulation in target tissues and dosimetric models -- 1-10: Indirect measures of past exposures -- 1-11: Characterization of health -- 1-12: Exposure-response relationships -- 1-13: Study options for health effects studies -- References -- 2: Perspectives On Individual And Community Risks -- 2-1: Nature at risk -- 2-2: Identification and quantification of risks -- 2-3: Risk communication -- 2-4: Risk reduction -- References -- 3: Reducing Risks-An Environmental Engineering Perspective -- 3-1: Introduction -- 3-2: Environmental risk-based decision making -- 3-3: Applications and use -- 3-4: Recent information -- 3-5: Integrated assessments -- 3-6: Summary -- References -- 4: Clinical Perspective On Respiratory Toxicology -- 4-1: Concepts of exposure -- 4-2: Tools for studying individuals -- 4-3: Tools for studying populations -- 4-4: Cardiovascular responses -- 4-5: Limitations of clinical and epidemiological assessments of the effects of inhaled agents -- 4-6: Advice and counseling of patients -- 4-7: Summary -- References -- 5: Industrial Perspectives: Translating The Knowledge Base Into Corporate Policies, Programs, And Practices For Health Protection -- 5-1: Life cycle of a chemical: many points for possible intervention -- 5-2: Knowledge base for the identification of hazard control strategies -- 5-3: Industrial hygiene and occupational health programs: implementing the knowledge base -- 5-4: Product stewardship -- 5-5: Responsible careª -- 5-6: Concludin
    From the Publisher: This is the first single volume to assess human exposure to 19 critical environmental toxicants and explain how they affect human health. Each chemical and physical agent category covered is of current concern, and is analyzed by an expert in that particular field
  • Editor: Hoboken, N.J John Wiley & Sons
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2009
  • Formato: xix, 1167 p ill 26 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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