Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 479 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780520910775
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052091077X
Content:
"Reliable and easily understandable information about the most frequently encountered toxic dangers; where such dangers are most likely to be found; how to recogize them and the symptoms that exposure to them can cause; and above all, how chronic and acute exposure can be reduced or avoided altogether ... information on over 100 of the most common and potentially hazardous toxics in our environment"--Page xi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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pt. 1. All about toxics. Fundamentals : Toxics in perspective ; The language of toxics -- Some basic medical aspects of the toxics problem : Testing and classification of toxics ; Toxics in the body -- The four major sources of toxic exposure : Toxics in air ; Toxics in water ; Toxics in food ; Toxics in consumer products -- Toxics and the environment : Movement of toxics through the environment ; Toxics in the biosphere ; Three global environmental hazards of pollutants -- Four special groups of toxics : Toxic metals ; Petrochemicals ; Pesticides ; Radiation -- Managing toxics : The waste crisis: sources and solutions ; Regulating toxics -- pt. 2. A guide to commonly encountered toxics.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520072235
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520072237
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520072243
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520072244
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520072244
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
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