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Lasers and Optical Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 23 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1982)
This document provides information on the physical aspects of electromagnetic radiation in the optical spectrum, within the wavelength range of 100 mm - l mm. Optical radiation includes ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from ...
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Arsenic - Environmental Health Criteria 18 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1981)
Arsenic is a ubiquitous element with metalloid properties. Its chemistry is complex and there are many different compounds of both inorganic and organic arsenic. In nature, it is widely distributed in a number of minerals, ...
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Hydrogen Sulfide - Environmental Health Criteria 19 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1981)
Hydrogen sulfide is a colourless gas with a characteristic odour that is soluble in various liquids including water, alcohol, ether, and solutions of amines, alkali carbonates, and bicarbonates. It can undergo a number of ...
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Chlorine and Hydrogen Chloride - Environmental Health Criteria 21 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1982)
The major sources of exposure to chlorine and hydrogen chloride that are of significance for human health are found in industry. Both chlorine and hydrogen chloride are corrosive to most construction materials, as well as ...
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Selected Petroleum Products - Environmental Health Criteria 20 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1982)
The purpose of this document is to review and evaluate available information on the biological effects of some petroleum products, and to provide a scientific basis for decisions aimed at the protection of human health ...
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Ultrasound - Environmental Health Criteria 22 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1982)
This document comprises a review of data, which are concerned with the effects of ultrasound exposure on biological systems, and are pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of this criteria document ...
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Styrene - Environmental Health Criteria 26 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1983)
Styrene (ethenylbenzene) is a commercially important chemical used in the production of polymers, copolymers, and reinforced plastics. Exposure mainly occurs in industries and operations using styrene, and industrial sources ...
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Acrylonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 28 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1983)
Acrylonitrile is a colourless, volatile, chemically reactive liquid; it does not occur as a natural product. The monomer is used world-wide, on a large scale, in the manufacture of polymers, fibres, and rubbers and as a ...
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Guidelines on Studies in Environmental Epidemiology - Environmental Health Criteria 27 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1983)
The present monograph should serve as a useful guide to the conduct of epidemiological studies on the effects of non—biological agents on the health of human communities. An epidemiological investigation would involve not ...
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Tetrachloroethylene - Environmental Health Criteria 31 

United Nations Environment Programme; World Health Organization; International Labour Organisation (1984)
The document focuses on describing and evaluating the risks of tetrachloroethylene for human health and the environment. Tetrachloroethylene is widely used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing solvent under many different ...
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