List of WHO publications: Environment health, Hazard Assessment
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Year
2013 Order Number    14000105  
 
Price
CHF 908,33  / US$ 1089,99 Developing countries    CHF 908,33
English
Contains a list of 90+ key titles dealing with environmental health, water and sanitation and chemical safety. This collection will be useful to the chemical industry, governments, regulators and environmentalists. Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only.
Title
Year
2013 Order Number    14010105  
 
English
Contains a list of 90+ key titles dealing with environmental health, water and sanitation and chemical safety. This collection will be useful to the chemical industry, governments, regulators and environmentalists. Electronic access to these books is available for one year and for single institution access only. A free trial to this E-Collection is available. .../...
Title
Year
2011 Order Number    15400025 ISBN-13
 9789290223993
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
One of the challenges of the 21st century is managing the accelerating pace of urbanization. Projections suggest that by the year 2030, six out of ten people all over the world will live in cities. By 2050 this proportion is likely to reach 70 per cent. Most of the growth in urban population will occur in Asia, Africa and Latin America. .../...
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2010 Order Number    13400105 ISBN-13
 9789289002134
Price
CHF 70,00  / US$ 84,00 Developing countries    CHF 49,00
English
This book presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. .../...
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2010 Order Number    13800067 ISBN-13
 9789241530675
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
This Concise International Chemical Assessment Document (CICAD) is a compendium of evaluations of the scientific literature on the health and environmental effects of three glycol ethers:- 2-methoxyethanol, 2-ethoxyethanol, 2-propoxyethanol and 2-butoxyethanol. These 2-alkoxyethanols are used in various industrial and workplace processes such as solvents and coatings. .../...
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Year
2009 Order Number    11600240 ISBN-13
 9789241572408
Price
CHF 80,00  / US$ 96,00 Developing countries    CHF 56,00
English
The Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) follow the same general principles and methods for chemical risk assessments, which are published in the reports of both committees. .../...
Title
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2009 Order Number    13800072 ISBN-13
 9789241530729
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
Iodine is a naturally occurring element and inorganic iodines found in the ocean accumulate in fish, shellfish and seaweed. Industrially iodine is used in many applications including the manufacture of inks, dyes, photographic agents and in water-purification. In the health-care industry, iodine is widely used as a disinfectant/biocide and in the production of soaps, bandages, and medicines. .../...
Title
Year
2009 Order Number    11500763 ISBN-13
 9789241547673
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
The WHO handbook on indoor radon is a key product of the WHO International Radon Project, which as launched in 2005. The handbook book focuses on residential radon exposure from a public health point of view and provides detailed recommendations on reducing health risks from radon and sound policy options for preventing and mitigating radon exposure. .../...
Title
Year
2008 Order Number    11500717 ISBN-13
 9789241563499
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
The use of structured frameworks in chemical risk assessment promotes transparent, harmonized approaches. This book presents two IPCS frameworks originally published in Critical Reviews in Toxicology, in a user-friendly large format. Part 1 contains the IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Cancer Mode of Action for Humans, along with three case studies illustrating its application. .../...
Title
Author Matthies, F., Bickler, G., Cardeñosa Marín, N., Hales, S.
Year
2008 Order Number    13400075 ISBN-13
 9789289071918
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
Climate change is leading to variations in weather patterns and an apparent increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. .../...
Title
Author Menne, B., Apfel, F., Kovats, S., Racioppi, F.
Year
2008 Order Number    13400077 ISBN-13
 9789289071871
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
***Highly commended in the 2009 BMA Medical Book Competition, public health category*** The scientific consensus is that climate change affects health through changing weather patterns (such as more intense and frequent extreme events) and indirectly through changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure. .../...
Title
Year
2008 Order Number    11500730 ISBN-13
 9789241563604
Price
CHF 35,00  / US$ 42,00 Developing countries    CHF 24,50
English
This Harmonization Project Document presents the conclusions of an IPCS Workshop on Skin Sensitization in Chemical Risk Assessment. The workshop focused on the question of methods for dose-response assessment, to evaluate the relative ability of a chemical to induce sensitization in the skin, and hence inform risk assessment for humans. .../...
Title
Author Thompson, T., Fawell, J., Kunikane, S., Jackson, D., et al.
Year
2007 Order Number    11500630 ISBN-13
 9789241546768
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
This book provides guidance on the chemical safety of drinking-water. Chemical contaminants of drinking-water are often considered a lower priority than microbial contaminants, because adverse health effects from chemical contaminants are generally associated with long-term exposures, whereas the effects from microbial contaminants are usually immediate. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    13400066 ISBN-13
 9789289021920
Price
CHF 100,00  / US$ 120,00 Developing countries    CHF 70,00
English
This book presents revised guideline values for the four most common air pollutants - particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide - based on a recent review of the accumulated scientific evidence. The rationale for selection of each guideline value is supported by a synthesis of information emerging from research on the health effects of each pollutant. .../...
Title
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2006 Order Number    13800071 ISBN-13
 9789241530712
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Resorcinol is a white crystalline compound used largely in the rubber industry and in wood bonding applications and is an important source of chemical intermediate in the manufacture of speciality chemicals. Other uses of the chemical include the manufacture of dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals, flame retardants, agricultural chemicals, fungicidal creams and lotions, and hair dye formulations. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    13800073 ISBN-13
 9789241530736
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
Organotins are a group of compounds which have a variety of properties and uses. The focus of this Concise International Chemical Assessment Document (CICAD) is on those mono-and disubstituted organotins mainly used as stabilizers in PVC, as catalysts for the production of electrodeposited coatings, in silicone rubbers, and in powder and glass coatings. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11500651 ISBN-13
 9789241563116
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 14,00
English
This document sets out the characteristics of exposure assessment models that should be described to aid in model selection by exposure assessors. It includes a background document that summarizes current practice in exposure modelling and principles for evaluating exposure models.
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    13800069 ISBN-13
 9789241530699
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Cobalt is a naturally occurring element with a number of radioactive isotopes. It is a silvery grey solid at room temperatures. Sources of exposure are both natural and anthropogenic with the largest source of exposure to the general population is through the food supply. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    13800068 ISBN-13
 9789241530682
Price
CHF 50,00  / US$ 60,00 Developing countries    CHF 35,00
English
Tetrachloroethene is used mainly in the dry cleaning of textiles, as a chemical intermediate and in metal degreasing. This report evaluates the available scientific literature on the health and environmental effects of tetrachloroethene based on selected national and regional evaluations. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11600232 ISBN-13
 9789241572323
Price
CHF 54,00  / US$ 64,80 Developing countries    CHF 37,80
English
This book examines the health effects of exposure to static electric and magnetic fields found in selected industries, such as medical facilities with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), high-energy physics research facilities and some transportation systems. To date, research on their health effects lags far behind the rapid advances in technology. .../...
Title
Author Prüss-Ustün, A., Corvalán, C.
Year
2006 Order Number    11500680 ISBN-13
 9789241593823
Price
CHF 25,00  / US$ 30,00 Developing countries    CHF 17,50
English
***This book is a winner of the British Medical Association's 2007 annual Medical Book Competition. .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    13800070 ISBN-13
 9789241530705
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Heptachlor is a chlorinated dicyclopentadiene insecticide which is persistent in the environment and accumulates in the food chain. Its use is severely restricted under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and it is also subject to global restriction under the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent . .../...
Title
Year
2006 Order Number    11500665 ISBN-13
 9789241563161
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
Energy use is essential to meet our most basic needs: cooking, boiling water, lighting and heating. It is also a prerequisite for good health - a reality that has been largely ignored by the world community. Left behind by development, more than 3 billion people still burn wood, dung, coal and other traditional fuels inside their homes. .../...
Title
Author Pronczuk-Garbino, J.
Year
2005 Order Number    11500622 ISBN-13
 9789241562928
Price
CHF 60,00  / US$ 72,00 Developing countries    CHF 42,00
English
This ground-breaking manual incorporates both developing- and industrialized-country outlooks to give a comprehensive international account of how environmental quality can influence the health and development of children from conception through adolescence. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    11500641 ISBN-13
 9789241546782
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
The objective of this document is to provide guidance to risk assessors on the use of quantitative toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic data to address interspecies and interindividual differences in dose/concentration-response assessment. .../...
Title
Author Corvalan, C., Hales, S., McMichael, A., Butler, C., et al.
Year
2005 Order Number    11500649 ISBN-13
 9789241563093
Price
CHF 16,60  / US$ 19,92 Developing countries    CHF 11,70
English
This report synthesizes the findings from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) global and sub-global assessments of how ecosystem changes do, or could, affect human health and well-being. Over the past 50 years humans have changed natural ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than any comparable period in human history. .../...
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Author Licari, L., Nemer, L., Tamburlini, G.
Year
2005 Order Number    13400052 ISBN-13
 9789289013741
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Investing in children's health is essential to ensure human and economic development. Healthy children have the best chances for healthy, productive lives. .../...
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Year
2005 Order Number    14600030 ISBN-13
 9789290213888
Price
CHF 20,00  / US$ 24,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,00
English
This publication takes stock of ongoing work relating to childhood lead exposure with a view to consolidating and disseminating scientific knowledge and experience as two important elements in the process of implementing the healthy environment for children initiative effectively in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. .../...
Title
Year
2005 Order Number    19300208 ISBN-13
 9789241592741
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
The objective of this book is to provide guidance for selecting the most appropriate options for safely managing solid waste generated at primary health care centres in developing countries. The main tool of this guide consists of six decision-trees aimed at assisting the user in identifying appropriate waste management methods. .../...
Title
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2004 Order Number    11500578 ISBN-13
 9789241562676
Price
CHF 40,00  / US$ 48,00 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
This publication contains two parts: Part 1 contains internationally harmonized generic terms used in hazard/risk assessment. This set of harmonized terms was developed by the International Programme on Chemical Safety after an extensive survey of the terms used by chemical risk assessment professionals. .../...
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Author Briggs, D.
Year
2003 Order Number    11500576 ISBN-13
 9789241590594
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
This publication is directed at decision-makers and technical experts in the fields of environment and health. It provides the basis for assessing environmental risks to children's health at the national and global level, and for monitoring the effectiveness of initiatives to protect children's environmental health. .../...
Title
Year
2003 Order Number    11500566 ISBN-13
 9789241590624
Price
CHF 10,00  / US$ 12,00 Developing countries    CHF 7,00
English
Children are more sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage than adults, and sunburn during childhood increases the risk of skin cancer and eye damage (particularly cataracts) later in life, and suppress the immune system. This teaching resource aims to provide primary school teachers with a starting point to incorporate sun protection into the curriculum and school activities. .../...
Title
Author Wisner, B., Adams, J.
Year
2003 Order Number    11500487 ISBN-13
 9789241545419
Price
CHF 60,00  / US$ 72,00 Developing countries    CHF 42,00
English
This volume distills what is known about environmental health during an emergency or disaster. It draws on results from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and on experience with sustainable development between the two Earth Summits, in Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg. .../...
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Year
1998 Order Number    11600199 ISBN-13
 9789241571999
Price
CHF 36,00  / US$ 43,20 Developing countries    CHF 25,20
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by chlordimeform, a broad-spectrum acaricide active against motile forms of mites and ticks and against the eggs and early instars of some Lepidoptera insects. Introduced in the late 1960s, the compound was initially used in numerous countries to protect a wide variety of food crops. .../...
Title
Year
1997 Order Number    11600190 ISBN-13
 9789241571906
Price
CHF 30,00  / US$ 36,00 Developing countries    CHF 21,00
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to xylene and its three isomeric forms: ortho, meta, and para. Xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon blended into petrol and used in a variety of solvent applications, mainly in the paint and printing industries. .../...
Title
Year
1996 Order Number    16100560 ISBN-13
 9789275115602
Price
CHF 64,00  / US$ 76,80 Developing countries    CHF 44,80
English
A multi-authored exploration of the extent to which the rich biodiversity of flora and fauna in Latin America and the Caribbean might be exploited to the economic benefit of these countries and the ultimate improvement of health. .../...
Title
Year
1994 Order Number    11600163 ISBN-13
 9789241571630
Price
CHF 36,00  / US$ 43,20 Developing countries    CHF 36,00
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to chloroform, a volatile liquid used in pesticide formulations and as a solvent and chemical intermediate. Its use as an anaesthetic and in proprietary medicines has been discontinued in many countries following well-documented reports of adverse effects on respiratory, cardiac and liver function. .../...
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Year
1992 Order Number    19302029  
 
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
Summary unavailable.
Title
Year
1992 Order Number    19304029  
 
Price
CHF 15,00  / US$ 18,00 Developing countries    CHF 10,50
English
Summary unavailable.
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1991 Order Number    11600124 ISBN-13
 9789241571241
Price
CHF 37,00  / US$ 44,40 Developing countries    CHF 37,00
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by lindane, an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane used, for more than four decades, as a broad-spectrum insecticide. .../...
Title
Year
1991 Order Number    11600125 ISBN-13
 9789241571258
Price
CHF 29,00  / US$ 34,80 Developing countries    CHF 29,00
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by the mining, refining, industrial use, and recycling of platinum and selected platinum compounds. .../...
Title
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1991 Order Number    11600128 ISBN-13
 9789241571289
Price
CHF 45,00  / US$ 54,00 Developing countries    CHF 45,00
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to monochlorobenzene, dichlorobenzenes, trichlorobenzenes, tetrachlorobenzenes, and pentachlorobenzene. These chemicals are produced in huge quantities for use as intermediates in the synthesis of pesticides and in the production of a wide range of consumer and commercial products. .../...
Title
Year
1991 Order Number    11600111 ISBN-13
 9789241571111
Price
CHF 19,00  / US$ 22,80 Developing countries    CHF 19,00
English
Evaluates risks to human health and the environment posed by the production and use of triphenyl phosphate, a compound widely used as a flame retardant in phenolic and phenylene-oxide-based resins for the manufacture of electrical and automobile components. .../...
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1990 Order Number    11600106 ISBN-13
 9789241571067
Price
CHF 37,00  / US$ 44,40 Developing countries    CHF 37,00
English
Evaluates risks to human health and the environment posed by the use of beryllium, a brittle metal having major applications in the electronics and micro-electronics industries, in nuclear energy, and in the production of military devices, including satellites, missiles, atomic bombs, and other weapons. .../...
Title
Year
1990 Order Number    11600112 ISBN-13
 9789241571128
Price
CHF 19,00  / US$ 22,80 Developing countries    CHF 19,00
English
Evaluates risks to human health and the environment posed by the production and us e of tri- n -butyl phosph a te. .../...
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1990 Order Number    11600117 ISBN-13
 9789241571173
Price
CHF 19,00  / US$ 22,80 Developing countries    CHF 19,00
English
Evaluates risks to human health and the environment posed by the widespread production and use of methyl isobutyl ketone as a solvent, with major applications in the production of lacquers and paint solvents, including car and industrial spray paints. Methyl isobutyl ketone also occurs naturally in food, is a permitted flavouring agent, and is used in food contact packaging materials. .../...
Title
Year
1990 Order Number    11600116 ISBN-13
 9789241571166
Price
CHF 46,00  / US$ 55,20 Developing countries    CHF 46,00
English
Evaluates risks to human health and the environment posed by the use of tributyltin compounds as molluscicides, as antifoulants on boats, ships, quays, buoys, and equipment in the fishing industry, as wood preservatives, and as slimicides on masonry. .../...
Title
Year
1990 Order Number    11600107 ISBN-13
 9789241571074
Price
CHF 28,00  / US$ 33,60 Developing countries    CHF 28,00
English
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by the mining, processing, and industrial use of barium. The opening sections review both natural and man-made sources of release into the environment, including nuclear fallout following the testing of weapons. .../...
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1990 Order Number    11600100 ISBN-13
 9789241543002
Price
CHF 32,00  / US$ 38,40 Developing countries    CHF 32,00
English
Evaluates the environmental hazards and risks to human health posed by the production and use of vinylidene chloride. Vinylidene chloride/vinyl chloride copolymers are used for the packaging of foods, as metal coatings in storage tanks, building structures, and tapes, and as moulded filters, valves, and pipe fittings. .../...
Title
Year
1987 Order Number    11600070 ISBN-13
 9789241542708
Price
CHF 23,00  / US$ 27,60 Developing countries    CHF 23,00
English
Summary unavailable.
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1986 Order Number    11600060 ISBN-13
 9789241542609
Price
CHF 26,00  / US$ 31,20 Developing countries    CHF 26,00
English
Summary unavailable.
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Year
1983 Order Number    11600027 ISBN-13
 9789241540872
Price
CHF 42,00  / US$ 50,40 Developing countries    CHF 42,00
English
Summary unavailable.
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