Lead : Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease at National and Local Levels : Environmental Burden of Disease Series.
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Lead : Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease at National and Local Levels : Environmental Burden of Disease Series.
Author:
Staff, World Health Organisation.
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (73 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Affiliations and acknowledgements -- Summary -- 1. Background -- 2. Sources of lead and exposure pathways -- 3. Lead toxicity -- 4. Exposure-risk relationships -- 5. Exposure assessment -- 6. Estimating the disease burden -- 7. Uncertainties -- 8. Research needs and recommendations -- 9. Disease burden and policy -- References -- Annex 1 Country groupings for global assessment -- Annex 2 Measuring blood lead -- References -- Annex 3 Using exposure scenarios to inform policy actions -- References -- Annex 4 Estimating the global disease burden of environmental lead exposure -- References -- Annex 5 Calculation spreadsheet for lead.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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