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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Biography -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 History of Chemical Exposure Assessment -- Episodes of Extreme Exposure -- Government Intervention -- Intervention of Worker Exposures -- Intervention of Public and Environmental Exposures -- EPA and OSHA Cooperation -- Other Exposure Interventions -- Chemical Exposure Assessment and Quantitative Risk Assessment -- Conclusion -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 2 Nomenclature and Terminology -- Exposure Terms -- Dose Terms -- Exposure Assessment |
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Ecological Terms -- Toxicological Terms -- General Risk Terms -- Physical State of Contaminant -- Risk Assessment -- Conclusion -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 3 Basic Chemical Hazards to Human Health and Safety -- I -- Chemicals which Ignite Easily -- Chemicals which Irritate and Burn Tissue -- Irritation of the Respiratory Systems -- Irritation of the Eye -- Irritation of the Skin -- Irritation in General -- Chemcials which React Dangerously -- Chemicals which Have Toxic Effects on Humans -- Metabolism -- Biochemistry of Metabolism -- Toxic Impact on the Eye |
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Toxicity in the Respiratory Systems -- Cardiac Toxicity -- Cholinterase Inhibition -- Blood Toxicity -- Alcohol Sensitivity -- Allergy Responses -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 4 Basic Chemical Hazards to Human Health and Safety -- II -- Cancer -- Developmental Toxicity -- Mutagenic Effects -- Reproductive Effects -- Organic Effects (Non-Cancer) -- Neuropathic Substances -- Hematopoiesis -- Immunosuppressors -- Hazardous by Definition -- Conclusion -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 5 Basic Chemical Hazards to Wildlife -- Ecosystems in General -- Producers -- Consumers -- Food Chain |
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Community -- Decomposers -- Oceans, -- Wetlands -- Freshwater Bodies -- Terrestrial Environments -- Tundra -- Taiga -- Desert -- Chaparral -- Forest -- Terrestrial Pollutants -- Ecosystem Monitoring -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 6 Basic Chemical Hazards to Community and Landscape -- Commerce and Economy -- Public Health -- Justice -- Innocent Bystanders/Unsuspecting Neighbors -- The Globe -- Global Warming -- Acid Precipitation, -- Ozone Depletion, -- Conclusion, -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 7 Principles of Exposure -- Stressor -- Systems at Risk -- Undesired Effects |
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Primary and Secondary Stressors -- Characteristics of Chemical Stressors -- Type of Chemical Stressor -- Intensity -- Duration -- Frequency -- Timing -- Scale -- The System -- Routes of Exposure -- Inhalation -- Dermal Absorption -- Ingestion -- Types of Exposure -- System vs. Boundaries -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 8 Fundamentals of Source Assessment -- Site as Source -- No Ventilation -- Closed Room -- Mixed Room -- Two Chamber Model -- Sinks -- Vapor Generation -- Boiling Pool -- Well Mixed Room with Backpressure -- Two Box Model -- Opening in Pipe -- Open Valve -- Opening in Tank |
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Environmental toxicology -- Methodology
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Health risk assessment.
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Risk assessment.
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Environmental Monitoring -- methods
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Hazardous Substances -- adverse effects
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Toxicology -- methods
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Risk Assessment
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Data Interpretation, Statistical
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Health Status Indicators
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risk assessment.
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Risk assessment
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Environmental toxicology -- Methodology
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Health risk assessment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000157574 |
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1000157571 |
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