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Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals

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  • Provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the many facets/aspects relating to human health risk assessments in relation to chemical exposure problems
  • 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
  • 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

Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution (EPOL, volume 6)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Kofi Asante-Duah
    Pages 1-18
  3. Human Exposure to Chemicals

    • Kofi Asante-Duah
    Pages 19-42
  4. Principles and Concepts in Risk Assessment

    • Kofi Asante-Duah
    Pages 43-70
  5. Chemical Hazard Determination

    • Kofi Asante-Duah
    Pages 87-103
  6. Evaluation of Chemical Toxicity

    • Kofi Asante-Duah
    Pages 137-172
  7. Design of Public Health Risk Management Programs

    • Kofi Asante-Duah
    Pages 237-256
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 275-352

About this book

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. Many of the degenerative health conditions have been linked to thousands of chemicals regularly encountered in human living and occupational/work environments. It is important, therefore, that human health risk assessments are undertaken on a consistent basis - in order to determine the potential impacts of the target chemicals on public health.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Human Health Risk Assessment Practice, Environmental Risk Solutions, inc., The ERS Group, USA

    Kofi Asante-Duah

  • Anteon Corporation, Environment Division, San Diego, USA

    Kofi Asante-Duah

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals

  • Authors: Kofi Asante-Duah

  • Series Title: Environmental Pollution

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0481-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0920-4Published: 30 September 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0921-1Published: 30 September 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0481-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1566-0745

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1702

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 352

  • Topics: Public Health, Pollution, general, Environmental Management, Ecotoxicology, Environment, general

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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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