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Environmental Toxicants - 4th Edition by Morton Lippmann & George D Leikauf (Hardcover)

Environmental Toxicants - 4th Edition by  Morton Lippmann & George D Leikauf (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects, 4th Edition is an invaluable reference tool that critically reviews current knowledge on human exposure to selected chemical agents in the ambient environment. The latest edition provides the most current information and research available for performing risk assessments on exposed individuals and populations, giving guidance to public health authorities, primary care physicians, and industrial managers. Toxic substances in the general environment can produce adverse health effects among large numbers of people. The effects are usually sub-clinical unless cumulative changes lead to chronic effects after long-term exposure, causing a need for identification and risk assessment"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>An Updated Reference on Human Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and A Study of Their Impact on Public Health</b></p> <p>With the 4th edition of <i>Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects</i>, readers have access to up-to-date information on the study and science of environmental toxicology and public health worldwide. Practitioners and professionals can use this resource to understand newly discovered information on the adverse health effects of toxins and pollutants in air, water, and occupational and environmental environments on large human populations.</p> <p>The 4th edition of this book is updated to reflect new knowledge and research on: </p> <p>● Performing risk assessments on exposed individuals</p> <p>● Assessing the effects of toxicants and substances on large populations for health and medical professionals</p> <p>● Patterns of human exposure to select chemical toxicants</p> <p>● World Trade Center dust, agents for chemical terrorism, and nanoparticles</p> <p>For health professionals, including health authorities, public health officials, physicians, and industrial managers, who are seeking new research and techniques for managing environmental substances, this invaluable reference will guide you through in a thorough, easy- to-read manner.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>An Updated Reference on Human Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and A Study of Their Impact on Public Health</b> <p>With the fourth edition of <i>Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health</i> <i>Effects, </i> readers have access to up-to-date information on the study and science of environmental toxicology and public health worldwide. Practitioners and professionals can use this resource to understand newly discovered information on the adverse health effects of toxins and pollutants in air, water, and occupational and environmental environments on large human populations. <p>The fourth edition of this book is updated to reflect new knowledge and research on: <ul> <li>Performing risk assessments on exposed individuals</li> <li>Assessing the effects of toxicants and substances on large populations for health and medical professionals</li> <li>Patterns of human exposure to select chemical toxicants</li> <li>World Trade Center dust, agents for chemical terrorism, and nanoparticles</li> </ul> <p>For health professionals, including health authorities, public health officials, physicians, and industrial managers, who are seeking new research and techniques for managing environmental substances, this invaluable reference will guide you through in a thorough, easy- to-read manner.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>MORTON LIPPMANN, PHD, </b> earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at Cooper Union, an MS in Industrial Hygiene at Harvard School of Public Health, and a PhD in Environmental Health Science at New York University (NYU) School of Engineering. He is currently a professor of Environmental Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. He has spent his adult life researching the health effects of particulate matter (PM) in ambient air on public health. He has published over 370 research papers and two reference texts on environmental health science. <p><b>GEORGE D. LEIKAUF</b> earned his A.B at the University of California, Berkeley, his Ph.D. in environmental health science at New York University, and finished his postdoctoral training at CVRI-University of California, San Francisco. Throughout his career, he has developed several in vitro approaches to the study of pulmonary epithelial, cellular, and molecular responses to toxicants. Currently, he is a professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health.

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