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Health effects from hazardous waste sites

Book ·
OSTI ID:6578519
The book contains information and data for evaluating health effects from hazardous waste sites derived from the efforts of specialists representing leading research centers, hospitals, universities, government agencies, and consultants; as well as corporate interpretations. The book includes the scope of the hazardous wastes problem, assessment of exposure to hazardous wastes, determining human health effects, defining health risks at waste sites, and major case studies. Emphasis in the book is placed on human health risks and risk assessment, risk perception, recent monitoring trends, risk limitations, engineering perspectives, methods to define human exposure, historical aspects, and a state-of-the-art review with recommendations for future research.
OSTI ID:
6578519
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English