TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plant,Jane A.
AU  - Voulvoulis,Nikolaos
AU  - Ragnarsdottir,Kristin Vala
TI  - Pollutants, human health, and the environment: a risk based approach 
SN  - 9781119950127
AV  - TD196.C45 P65 2012eb
U1  - 363.73 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Pollution
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Environmental engineering
KW  - Environmental Studies
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Environmental
KW  - Pollution Control
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; POLLUTANTS, HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A RISK BASED APPROACH; Contents; Forewords; Tribute; The Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The scientific appraisal of hazardous substances in the environment; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Fundamental concepts of toxicology; 1.3 Some notions of environmental epidemiology; 1.4 Scientific evidence and the precautionary principle; 1.5 Uncertainty and controversy: the endocrine disruption example; 1.6 Concluding remarks; References; 2 Regulatory systems and guidelines for the management of risk; 2.1 Introduction
N2  - Pollutants, the Environment and Human Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health. Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants. Each chapter will follow a similar format to facilitate comparison and discussion. For each pollutant, the authors describe the sources, pathways, environmental fate and sinks as well as known toxicological effects. Importantly the second chapter on heavy metals and other inorganic substances will deal
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119950127
ER  -