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This book arises from efforts at regulatory agencies and industries to bring more science into health risk analysis so that society may better use limited resources to improve public health.
This book covers: the characterization of exposure to pollutants and other sources of risk; the movement of pollutants into the body via inhalation; ingestion, dermal absorption, and exposures to radiation; the movement of a pollutant as it cascades through the tissues and organs of the body; and the development of principles and models for dose-response modeling.
The book shows how an understanding of the biological, chemical, and physical properties of the environment and of the human body can guide the selection of mathematical models, and how these models can aid in estimating risks. Included in the book are models covering the full range of topics in human health risk analysis: exposure assessment, rates of intake, deposition and uptake by organs, absorption across membranes, biokinetics, dosimetry, and dose-response.
The reader will gain from the book a better understanding of how environmental health science, as applied in risk analysis, can be used to create a more rational basis for the improvement of public health.
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International Journal of Environment Pollution, 9:4 (1998)
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Book Title: Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Human Health Risk Analysis
Book Subtitle: Biophysical Theory of Environmental Health Science
Authors: Douglas J. Crawford-Brown
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6143-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9898-1Published: 30 April 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7815-0Published: 22 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6143-9Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 208
Topics: Environmental Management, Public Health, Ecotoxicology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology