Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals
Authors: Asante-Duah, Kofi
- Revised and updated second edition
- Broadens your understanding of human health risk assessments in relation to chemical exposure problems
- Useful resource for both students and professionals in health and environmental fields
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- About this book
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This book provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the many facets 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 manner. On the whole, the book represents a collection and synthesis of the principal elements of the risk assessment process that may be used to more effectively address issues pertaining to human exposures to chemicals found in modern societies. This also includes an elaboration of pertinent risk assessment concepts and techniques/methodologies for performing human health risk assessments.
Written for both the novice and the experienced, the subject matter of this book is an attempt at offering a simplified and systematic presentation of public health risk assessment methods and application tools – all these facilitated by a layout that will carefully navigate the user through the major processes involved. A number of illustrative example problems are interspersed throughout the book, in order to help present the book in an easy-to-follow, pragmatic manner. - About the authors
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Dr. Kofi Asante-Duah is a Scientific Advisor and Environmental Consultant at the Human Health Risk Assessment Practice in Washington, DC.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals
- Authors
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- Kofi Asante-Duah
- Series Title
- Environmental Pollution
- Series Volume
- 27
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-024-1039-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-024-1039-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-024-1037-2
- Series ISSN
- 1566-0745
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 600
- Number of Illustrations and Tables
- 27 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
- Topics