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Health risks from hazardous substances at work : assessment, evaluation, and control / by Stan Roach.

By: Roach, S. A. (Stanley Alec).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1992Description: lii, 513 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0080408370 .Subject(s): Hazardous substances -- Safety measuresDDC classification: 615.902
Contents:
Part I Biological effects of exposure to hazardous substances: Introduction -- How hazardous substances enter the body -- Diseases from hazardous substances -- Understanding thresholds -- Washout curves - toxico-kinetic data on hazardous substances -- Part II Occupational exposure limits: Introduction -- Published exposure limits -- Guiding concepts for setting exposure limits - human experience -- Guiding concepts for setting exposure limits - animal experiments -- Everything is a mixture -- Nobody works eight hours -- Part III Assessment of health risks: Introduction -- Assessment procedures -- Apparatus for measuring atmospheric exposure -- Measuring exposure at work -- Health risk surveillance -- Managing the issues -- Part IV Getting control over health risks: Introduction -- Physical environment control -- Ventilation basics -- Mostly about local exhaust ventilation -- Ventilation investigations -- Personnel control.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 615.902 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00060427
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Biological effects of exposure to hazardous substances: Introduction -- How hazardous substances enter the body -- Diseases from hazardous substances -- Understanding thresholds -- Washout curves - toxico-kinetic data on hazardous substances -- Part II Occupational exposure limits: Introduction -- Published exposure limits -- Guiding concepts for setting exposure limits - human experience -- Guiding concepts for setting exposure limits - animal experiments -- Everything is a mixture -- Nobody works eight hours -- Part III Assessment of health risks: Introduction -- Assessment procedures -- Apparatus for measuring atmospheric exposure -- Measuring exposure at work -- Health risk surveillance -- Managing the issues -- Part IV Getting control over health risks: Introduction -- Physical environment control -- Ventilation basics -- Mostly about local exhaust ventilation -- Ventilation investigations -- Personnel control.

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