Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals: 6 (Environmental Pollution, 6) - Hardcover

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Asante-Duah, K.

 
9781402009204: Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals: 6 (Environmental Pollution, 6)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1402009208 ISBN 13: 9781402009204
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis

This book provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the many facets/aspects relating to human health risk assessments in relation to chemical exposure problems. It presents some very important tools and methodologies that can be used to address chemical exposure and public health risk management problems in a consistent, efficient, and cost-effective way. Overall the book represents a collection and synthesis of the principal elements of the risk assessment process that pertain to human exposures to chemicals in the human living and work environments. It offers an understanding of the scientific basis of risk assessment and its applications to public health policy decisions.

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Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1402009208
ISBN 13 
9781402009204
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
367

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