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Summary Report on the Evaluation of Short-term Tests for Carcinogens (Collaborative Study on In Vivo Tests) - Environmental Health Criteria 109
(1990)
The first part of this project, dealing with in vitro studies, was published in 1985 (Ashby et al., 1985) and was summarized in Environmental Health Criteria 47 (WHO, 1985). The second part, which is the subject of this ...
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume Ill: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1996)
The Compendium of Environmental Law of African Countries is prepared by ELI/PAC under the auspices of the UNEP/UNDP Joint Project on Environmental Law and Institutions in Africa which is funded by the Dutch Government. The ...
Principles for Evaluating Health Risks to Progeny Associated with Exposure to Chemicals during Pregnancy - Environmental Health Criteria 30
(1984)
This document is intended to aid in the design and assessment of studies concerned with exploring the association between exposure to chemicals during pregnancy and defective development. This document includes a description ...
Regional Programme of Action on Land-Based Activities Affecting Coastal and Marine Areas in the East Asian Seas – RCU Technical Reports Series No. 5
(1995)
This report highlights the characteristics of the East Asian Seas Region, current state of pollution from land-based sources, impacts of pollution, pollution control strategies of each participating country and the recommended ...
Dryland Management: The "Desertification" Problem - Environment Department Working Paper Number 8
(1988)
This Working Paper was written by Ridley Nelson, Natural Resources Environmental Specialist in the Systems and Technology Division, Environment Department, with assistance from William B. Magrath of the same Division in ...
Electromagnetic Fields (300 Hz to 300 GHz) - Environmental Health Criteria 137
(1993)
This monograph is concerned with the health effects of electromagnetic fields in the frequency range of 300 Hz-300 GHz, which includes the radiofrequency (RF) range (100 kHz-300 GHz) covered in the earlier publication (WHO, ...
Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates and Related Compounds - Environmental Health Criteria 169
(1996)
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS), a-olefin sulfonates (AOS), and alkyl sulfates (AS) are anionic sulfonates with molecules
characterized by a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic (polar) group. Commercial mixtures Consist ...
Earth and Us: Population-Resources-Environment-Development
(1991)
There are very close and intricate interrelationships between population, resources, environment and development. Changes in one affect the others, positively or adversely. Some of these changes are immediately visible, ...
Principles and Methods for Assessing Direct Immunotoxicity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 180
(1996)
In this monograph, the function and histophysiology of the immune system are reviewed, and the information necessary to understand and interpret the pathological changes caused by immunotoxic insults is provided. Emphasis ...
Selected Non-Heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - Environmental Health Criteria 202
(1998)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) constitute a large class of compounds, and hundreds of individual substances may be released during incomplete combustion or pyrolysis of organic matter, an important source of human ...