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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Main Author: Asante-Duah, D. Kofi
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 2002.
Series:Environmental Pollution, ; 6.
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (372 pages)
ISBN:9789401004817 (electronic bk.)
9401004811 (electronic bk.)