Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals
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 d...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2002, 2002
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
Series: | Environmental Pollution
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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 |
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Physical Description: | XV, 352 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9789401004817 |