Environmental Health Science: Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Chemical and Physical Health Hazards

by Morton Lippmann, Harriet B Sigerman, Richard B Schlesinger, et al.

This is a broad, in-depth introduction to a scientific field that is becoming ever more central to human health. Environmental exposures to a bewildering array of chemical and physical agents result from our individual and collective activities, and can cause effects ranging from discomfort through loss of function, illness, chronic diseases, and premature death. Their concomitant effects on quality of life, productivity, and need for clinical services...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195083741
• ISBN13: 9780195083743
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.3" x 6.2"