Environmental Health Science
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-068862-2 (ISBN)
Authored by two of the foremost educators, investigators, and practitioners in this increasingly important discipline, the new edition of Environmental Health Science is an essential resource for students and practitioners in public health; civil, environmental, and chemical engineers; policy makers; science journalists; and anyone else committed to promoting human health and the health of our environment.
Morton Lippmann, Ph.D., is Professor of Environmental Medicine at NYU School of Medicine, where he has been a faculty member since 1967. Much of his research has been focused on exposure to, and the health effects of, particulate matter (PM) in ambient air, and on specific airborne agents, notably ozone, sulfuric acid, and asbestos. Richard B. Schlesinger, Ph.D., is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences of Pace University, New York, NY, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, and Executive Director of the Dyson College Institute of Sustainability and the Environment. His research has focused on the toxicology of ambient air pollutants.
Preface
1. Introduction and Historical Perspective
2. Characterization of Contaminants and Environments
3. Sources of Contaminants
4. Dispersion of Contaminants
5. Fate of Contaminants: Translocation, Transformations, and Sinks
6. Effects of Contaminants on Human Health
7. Effects of Contaminants on Environmental Quality
8. Risk Assessment
9. Environmental Sampling and Exposure Assessment
10. Risk Management
11. Contaminant Criteria and Exposure Limits
12. Our Environmental Future
Supplementary Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.11.2017 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 236 x 163 mm |
Gewicht | 703 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-068862-9 / 0190688629 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-068862-2 / 9780190688622 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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