Pollutants, human health, and the environment : a risk based approach /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Plant, Jane A., Voulvoulis, Nikolaos, Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala, 1954-
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Θέματα: Pollution.; Pollution > Health aspects.; Nature > Effect of human beings on.; Engineering.; Environmental engineering.; Environmental Studies.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.; Electronic books.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (xviii, 357 pages) : illustrations
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781119950127; 1119950120; 9781119950110; 1119950112; 9781119951063; 1119951062
• DOI: 10.1002/9781119950127

Pollutants, the Environment and Human Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health. Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants. Each chapter will follow a similar format to facilitate comparison and discussion. For each pollutant, the authors describe the sources, pathways, environmental fate and sinks as well as known toxicological effects. Importantly the second chapter on heavy metals and other inorganic substances will deal.