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Document ID (ISN)66190
CIS number 96-297
ISBN(s) 3-527-20137-8
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Title Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry. Vol.B7. Environmental protection and industrial safety I
Bibliographic information VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, P.O. Box 10 11 61, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, rev.ed., 1995. xvii, 728p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: DEM 625.00.
Abstract Continuation of the collection abstracted under CIS 93-953, 95-265 and 95-693. The two volumes devoted to environmental protection and industrial safety examine the relationship between chemical technology and the environment and workplace. Contents: ethics and industrial chemistry; ecology and ecotoxicology; human toxicology (metabolic processes of toxic substances, mechanisms of toxicity and chemical carcinogenesis, toxicological methods, evaluation of toxic effects); legal aspects (European, US and Japanese legislation); environmental management; noise and vibration (sources, measurement, effects on humans); causes, effects and control of air and soil pollution. Industrial safety issues are addressed in several articles.
Descriptors (primary) occupational hygiene; occupational safety; chemical industry; noise; ethics; toxicology; ecotoxicology; environmental pollution; legislation; vibration
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; disposal of harmful waste; USA; Japan; metabolic process; European Communities; encyclopaedia; hazard evaluation; pollution control; atmospheric pollution; noise and vibration measurement; carcinogenic effects; determination in air; toxic substances
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Chemicals, plastics and rubber
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Chemical industry
Noise
Pollution control
Environmental pollution
Vibration