Environmental Health Science
Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Chemical and Physical Health Hazards
Seiten
2003
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-508374-3 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-508374-3 (ISBN)
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This text provides treatment of the chemical and physical stresses in the common environment. Anyone who has a familiarity with biology, chemistry, and physics can gain an appreciation of the issues that influence the release and dispersion of chemical and physical agents and their effects on the environment and health.
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 loss of function, illness, chronic diseases, and premature death. Their concomitant effects on quality of life, productivity, and need for clinical services can be
costly. The book covers the terminology used in environmental health; the sources of chemical and physical agents in the environment; how they disperse and transform throughout the environment; their effects on environmental quality and human health; how levels and exposures are quantified; how standards
are established; how levels, exposures, and risks can be controlled; and what technological opportunities and trends are likely to influence our environmental future. It includes chapters on noise, ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation, risk assessment, and risk management. Written in a clear and systematic way, this text will be an invaluable resource for students of environmental health.
An earlier version of the book, Chemical Contamination in the Human Environment (OUP 1979), was called by one teacher "visionary...easily the most useful textbook in environmental health science for entry-level graduate students."
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 loss of function, illness, chronic diseases, and premature death. Their concomitant effects on quality of life, productivity, and need for clinical services can be
costly. The book covers the terminology used in environmental health; the sources of chemical and physical agents in the environment; how they disperse and transform throughout the environment; their effects on environmental quality and human health; how levels and exposures are quantified; how standards
are established; how levels, exposures, and risks can be controlled; and what technological opportunities and trends are likely to influence our environmental future. It includes chapters on noise, ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation, risk assessment, and risk management. Written in a clear and systematic way, this text will be an invaluable resource for students of environmental health.
An earlier version of the book, Chemical Contamination in the Human Environment (OUP 1979), was called by one teacher "visionary...easily the most useful textbook in environmental health science for entry-level graduate students."
1. Introduction ; 2. Characterisation of Contaminants, Environments, and Human Health ; 3. Sources of Contaminants ; 4. Dispersion of Contaminants ; 5. Fate of Environmental Chemicals: Translocation, Transformations and Sinks ; 6. Effects of Chemical Contaminants on Human Health ; 7. Anthropogenic Impacts on Environmental Quality: Their Influence on Human Health and Welfare ; 8. Human Exposure Assessment ; 9. Environmental Noise ; 10. Nonionizing Electromagnetic Radiations ; 11. Ionizing Radiation and Environmental Radioactivity ; 12. Contamination Criteria and Exposure Limits: Guidelines and Standards ; 13. Risk Assessment ; 14. Risk Management ; 15. Our Environmental Future
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.10.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous line drawings, tables and black and white photographs |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 241 mm |
| Gewicht | 938 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-508374-1 / 0195083741 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-508374-3 / 9780195083743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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