Advances in Environmental Control Technology: Health and Toxicology (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Health and Toxicology: Advances in Environmental Control Technology Series 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors to This Volume 8
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Environmental Risk Factors on Cancer and Their Primary Prevention 14
Chapter 2. Respiratory Function Changes from Inhalation of Polluted Air 60
Chapter 3. Biological Markers of Early Health Effects in the Assessment of the Risk of Cancer in People Exposed to Environmental Carcinogens 66
Chapter 4. Sick Building Syndrome 80
Chapter 5. Respiratory Findings of Construction Workers Exposed to Asbestos Dust 106
Chapter 6. Asbestos Exposure and the Risk of Lung Cancer in Urban Populations 140
Chapter 7. Emphysema and Lung Mineral Content in Coalworkers 150
Chapter 8. Sinonasal Cancer and Wood Dust Exposure 184
Chapter 9. Chromium Accumulation of Chromate Workers' Bronchi 204
Chapter 10. Benzene Toxicokinetics in Humans 220
Chapter 11. Fluorometry of Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Biological Systems 232
Chapter 12. Occupational Exposure to Organic Solvents During Paint Stripping and Painting 264
Chapter 13. Occupational Exposure to Metallic Cobalt 320
Chapter 14. Climate and Chronic Respiratory Disease 342
Chapter 15. Effects of Acid Precipitation on the Environment and on Human Health 368
Chapter 16. Toxic Effect of Tannery Effluent on the Biochemical Constituents in Organisms 378
Chapter 17. Bladder Cancer and Water Disinfection Methods 390
Chapter 18. Metal-induced Development Toxicity in Mammals 408
Chapter 19. Genetic Evaluation of Pesticides in Different Short-Term Tests 428
Chapter 20. Pesticide Residues in Food 446
Chapter 21. Biological Monitoring by Means of Urinary Samples and Problems Concerning Concentration-Dilution of Spot Urine 466
Chapter 22. Causes of Artifacts in Sorption Studies with Trace Elements 474
Chapter 23. Bioaccumulation of Surfactants 506
Index 514