Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals

K. Asante-Duah (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2002
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-0920-4 (ISBN)

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In fact, with the control and containment of most infectious conditions and diseases of the past millennium having been achieved in most developed countries, and with the resultant increase in life expectancies, much more attention seems to have shifted to degenerative health problems. Many of the degenerative health conditions have been linked to thousands of chemicals regularly encountered in human living and occupational/work environments. It is important, therefore, that human health risk assessments are undertaken on a consistent basis - in order to determine the potential impacts of the target chemicals on public health.

1: Introduction.- 2: Human Exposure to Chemicals.- 3: Principles and Concepts in Risk Assessment.- 4: Principal Elements of A Public Health Risk Assessment for Chemical Exposure Problems.- 5: Chemical Hazard Determination.- 6: Exposure Assessment: Analysis of Human Intake of Chemicals.- 7: Evaluation Of Chemical Toxicity.- 8: Chemical Risk Characterization and Uncertainty Analyses.- 9: Determination of ‘Acceptable’ and’ safe’ Levels of Chemical Exposure.- 10: Design of Public Health Risk Management Programs.- 11: The Role of Risk Assessment in Public Health Policy Decisions.- List Of References And Bibliography.- Appendix A: Glossary of Selected Terms and Definitions.- Appendix B: Selected Tools, Chemical Exposure Models, and Chemical Databases for Public Health Risk Policy Decision-Making.- Appendix C: Toxicity Index Parameters for Selected Chemicals.- Appendix D: Selected Units of Measurements & Noteworthy Expressions.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2002
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Pollution ; 6
Zusatzinfo	XV, 352 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-4020-0920-8 / 1402009208
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-0920-4 / 9781402009204
Zustand	Neuware