Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment Principles and Calculations

"With the rise and expansion of the chemical and petroleum industries, so has there been a rise and expansion in related human health problems as well as human, material, and property losses due to fires, explosions, hazardous and toxic spills, equipment failures, and other accidents. This much...

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Main Authors: Theodore, Louis (Author), R. Ryan Dupont (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton CRC Press 2012
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264 # 1 |a Boca Raton  |b CRC Press  |c 2012 
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 # |a Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- About the Book; Chapter 2 -- History of Environmental Health Problems; Chapter 3 -- History of Environmental Hazard Problems; Chapter 4 -- Health Risk versus Hazard Risk; Chapter 5 -- Environmental Regulatory Framework; Chapter 6 -- Emergency Planning and Response; Chapter 7 -- Introduction to Health Risk Assessment; Chapter 8 -- Health Problem Identification; Chapter 10 -- Exposure Assessment; Chapter 11 -- Health Risk Characterization; Chapter 12 -- Introduction to Hazard Risk Assessment; Chapter 13 -- Hazard/Event Problem Identification. Chapter 14 -- Hazard/Event ProbabilityChapter 15 -- Hazard/Event Consequences; Chapter 16 -- Hazard Risk Characterization; Chapter 17 -- The Case for Case Studies; Chapter 18 -- Monte Carlo Simulation; Chapter 19 -- Emergency Planning and Response; Chapter 20 -- Natural Disasters; Chapter 21 -- Industrial Accidents; Afterword; 
520 # # |a "With the rise and expansion of the chemical and petroleum industries, so has there been a rise and expansion in related human health problems as well as human, material, and property losses due to fires, explosions, hazardous and toxic spills, equipment failures, and other accidents. This much-needed overview examines the fundamentals of health, safety, and accident management. It draws parallels between theoretical and real-world environmental problems as they relate to both human and environmental risk and offers in-depth guidance on human chemical exposure, emergency preparedness and response, environmental regulations, and much more"- 
526 0 # |a ECW715 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT  |b EC704 Msc in Environmental Engineering  |5 EC Faculty of Civil Engineering 
546 # # |a In English 
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