Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1119438802 ISBN 13 : 9781119438809

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2020

Synopsis

An Updated Reference on Human Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and A Study of Their Impact on Public Health

With the 4th edition of Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects, readers have access to up-to-date information on the study and science of environmental toxicology and public health worldwide. Practitioners and professionals can use this resource to understand newly discovered information on the adverse health effects of toxins and pollutants in air, water, and occupational and environmental environments on large human populations.

The 4th edition of this book is updated to reflect new knowledge and research on:

●      Performing risk assessments on exposed individuals

●      Assessing the effects of toxicants and substances on large populations for health and medical professionals

●      Patterns of human exposure to select chemical toxicants

●      World Trade Center dust, agents for chemical terrorism, and nanoparticles

For health professionals, including health authorities, public health officials, physicians, and industrial managers, who are seeking new research and techniques for managing environmental substances, this invaluable reference will guide you through in a thorough, easy- to-read manner.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MORTON LIPPMANN, PHD, earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at Cooper Union, an MS in Industrial Hygiene at Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD in Environmental Health Science at New York University (NYU) School of Engineering. He is currently a professor of Environmental Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. He has spent his adult life researching the health effects of particulate matter (PM) in ambient air on public health. He has published over 370 research papers and two reference texts on environmental health science.

GEORGE D. LEIKAUF earned his A.B at the University of California, Berkeley, his Ph.D. in environmental health science at New York University, and finished his postdoctoral training at CVRI-University of California, San Francisco. Throughout his career, he has developed several in vitro approaches to the study of pulmonary epithelial, cellular, and molecular responses to toxicants. Currently, he is a professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1119438802
• ISBN 13: 9781119438809
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 1008
• Éditeur: Lippmann Morton, Leikauf George D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible