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Principles for evaluating health risks in children associated with exposure to chemicals / first drafts prepared by Germaine Buck Louis ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Environmental health criteria ; 237.
- Environmental health criteria, 0250-863X ; 237
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organic compounds.
- Inorganic compounds.
- Environmental health.
- Risk assessment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new volume in the Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) Series provides a systematic analysis of the scientific principles to be considered in assessing health risks in children; taking into account their unique susceptibilities. The terms children and child as used in this report include the stages of development from conception through adolescence. This new EHC builds on previous volumes addressing methodologies for assessing risks in children: EHC 30, Principles for Evaluating Health Risks to Progeny Associated with Exposure to Chemicals During Pregnancy (WHO, 1984) and EHC 59, Principle
- Contents:
- TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; NOTE TO READERS OF THE CRITERIA MONOGRAPHS; PREAMBLE; WHO TASK GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA ON PRINCIPLES FOR EVALUATING HEALTH RISKS IN CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS; PREFACE; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 2. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; 3. UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN; 4. DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE-SPECIFIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES AND OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN; 5. EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN; 6. METHODOLOGIES TO ASSESS HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN
- 7. IMPLICATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CHILDRENREFERENCES; ANNEX 1: WORKING DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS; RESUME, CONCLUSIONS ET RECOMMANDATIONS; RESUMEN, CONCLUSIONES Y RECOMENDACIONES
- Notes:
- "Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-30772-6
- 9786611307721
- 92-4-068768-8
- 92-4-068251-1
- OCLC:
- 213772604
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