Exposure science in the 21st century : a vision and a strategy /
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Corporate author / creator: | National Research Council (U.S.). Committee On Human And Environmental Exposure Science In The 21st Century. |
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Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2012. |
Description: | xiv, 195 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8957787 |
Varying Form of Title: | Exposure science in the twenty-first century |
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Other authors / contributors: | National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies. |
ISBN: | 9780309264686 0309264685 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary: | "From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each day--many with the potential to affect health. Exposure Science in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy investigates the contact of humans or other organisms with those agents (that is, chemical, physical, and biologic stressors) and their fate in living systems. The concept of exposure science has been instrumental in helping us understand how stressors affect human and ecosystem health, and in efforts to prevent or reduce contact with harmful stressors. In this way exposure science has played an integral role in many areas of environmental health, and can help meet growing needs in environmental regulation, urban and ecosystem planning, and disaster management."--Publisher's description. |
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