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Carcinogen Risk Assessment (Contemporary Issues in Risk Analysis)

Health Effects of Municipal Waste Incineration

This much-needed book provides an enlightening perspective on the environmental and human health impacts of municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration. Over 100 tables and figures allows speedy access to important data you will refer to again and again. The comprehensive text assesses the human health...

Municipal Waste Incineration Risk Assessment: Deposition, Food Chain Impacts, Uncertainty, and Research Needs (Contemporary Issues in Risk Analysis)

The disposal of large quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW) being generated by industrialized countries has become a serious problem. Since it is estimated that within 10 years, half of all municipalities will lack sufficient landfill space, many cities are considering municipal waste combustion...

Use of Biomarkers in Assessing Health and Environmental Impacts of Chemical Pollutants (Nato Science Series A:)

Biological markers (biomarkers) are useful tools for understanding the nature and extent of human exposure and risk from environmental toxicants. Biomarkers are classified into three basic categories: exposure, effect, or susceptibility. A marker of exposure is the product of the interaction between...

Positive Feedback in Natural Systems (Biomathematics)

Cybernetics, a science concerned with understanding how systems are regulated, has reflected the preoccupations of the century in which it was born. Regulation is important in twentieth century society, where both machines and social organizations are complex. Cybernetics focused on and became prima...

Biologically Based Methods for Cancer Risk Assessment (Nato Science Series A:)

"Biologically Based Methods for Cancer Risk Assessment", an Advanced Research Workshop, (ARW) sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was held in Corfu, Greece in June, 1989. The intent of the workshop was to survey available pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic methods in cancer r...

Carcinogen Risk Assessment

Biologically Based Methods for Cancer Risk Assessment

Municipal Waste Incineration Risk Assessment: Deposition, Food Chain Impacts, Uncertainty, and Research Needs

Hazardous Waste Incineration and Human Health

Health Effects of Municipal Waste Incineration