Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment Principles and Calculations

• Main Authors: Theodore, Louis (Author), R. Ryan Dupont (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton CRC Press 2012
• Subjects: Health risk assessment; Environmental health; Hazardous substances > Risk assessment
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"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...

Table of Contents:

• 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;