Taking an Exposure History
Author : Arthur L. Frank
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental monitoring
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Author : Arthur L. Frank
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental monitoring
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Acrolein
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Page : 478 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Formaldehyde
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,64 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309211964
Formaldehyde is ubiquitous in indoor and outdoor air, and everyone is exposed to formaldehyde at some concentration daily. Formaldehyde is used to produce a wide array of products, particularly building materials; it is emitted from many sources, including power plants, cars, gas and wood stoves, and cigarettes; it is a natural product in come foods; and it is naturally present in the human body as a metabolic intermediate. Much research has been conducted on the health effects of exposure to formaldehyde, including effects on the upper airway, where formaldehyde is deposited when inhaled, and effects on tissues distant from the site of initial contact. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released noncancer and cancer assessments of formaldehyde for its Intergated Risk Information System (IRIS) in 1990 and 1991, respectively. The agency began reassessing formaldehyde in 1998 and released a draft IRIS assessment in June 2010. Given the complexity of the issues and the knowledge that the assessment will be used as the basis of regulatory decisions, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct an independent scientific review of the draft IRIS assessment. In this report, the Committee to Review EPA's Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde first addresses some general issues associated with the draft IRIS assessment. The committee next focuses on questions concerning specific aspects of the draft assessment, including derivation of the reference concentrations and the cancer unit risk estimates for formaldehyde. The committee closes with recommendations for improving the IRIS assessment of formaldehyde and provides some general comments on the IRIS development process.
Author : Luoping Zhang
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1782629734
Formaldehyde is virtually ubiquitous in the modern environment due to its cost-effective nature, its use in resin formation, and its preservative properties. Though formaldehyde is necessary for many products and processes important to the world’s economy, this economic dependence on formaldehyde comes at a cost to public health. Growth and consequent industrialization rely heavily on formaldehyde use. New buildings—residences, public places, and offices—are not only built with timber preserved by formaldehyde, but they are also furnished with wood, wool, and textile products that contain formaldehyde. The general population faces environmental exposure from indoor and outdoor air pollution, food, and even medicine. Scientific inquiry into formaldehyde exposure has grown in response. This book consolidates the new and established body of formaldehyde research in the scholarly community, focusing on exposure, genotoxicity, and adverse health outcomes. Through this resource, we hope to increase awareness of the broad range of health effects posed by formaldehyde exposure, and to encourage interdisciplinary interest, as well as research, into this pervasive compound—especially in the United States and China, where formaldehyde production and usage is high. This book will be useful to researchers of environmental and occupational exposure, students, and government regulators and anyone exposed to formaldehyde in the workplace and/or at home.
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Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Benzene
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Author : Obaid Faroon
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 2010-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1437930670
DDT is a pesticide that was once widely used to control insects. Both DDD and DDE are breakdown products of DDT. This profile includes: (1) The examination, summary, and interpretation of available toxicologic info. and epidemiologic evaluations on DDT/DDD/DDE to ascertain the levels of significant human exposure for the substance and the associated chronic health effects; (2) A determination of whether adequate info. on the health effects of DDT/DDD/DDE is available to determine levels of exposure that present a significant risk to human health of chronic health effects; and (3) Identification of toxicologic testing needed to identify the types or levels of exposure that may present significant risk of adverse health effects in humans. Illus.
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 1994
Category : 1,1-Dichloroethene
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Butadiene
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Explosives
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