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Air Pollution and its Health Effects in China: A Monograph
(World Health Organization, 1993)
This monograph is a contribution to these efforts and a companion volume to the Proceedings of the WHO/UNEP Air Pollution Workshop, Beqing, China October 1993 (WHO/EHG/PCS/95.22). It contains two papers: The first is a ...
Propachlor - Environmental Health Criteria 147
(1993)
Propachlor is a pre-emergence and early post-emergence herbicide derived from acetanilide, and has been in use since 1965. The major formulations are as wettable powder, liquid flowable (suspension concentrate) and as ...
Acetonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 154
(1993)
Acetonitrile (CH3CN) is a by-product of acrylonitrile manufacture. It may also be formed by the combustion of wood and vegetation. It is a liquid with an ether-like odour. Acetonitrile is a volatile, highly polar ...
Selected Synthetic Organic Fibres - Environmental Health Criteria 151
(1993)
This document is a review of occupational and environmental exposure to selected synthetic organic fibres. The particular fibres covered in this document have been selected because they are the only ones for which some ...
Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Terphenyls (Second Edition) - Environmental Health Criteria 140
(1993)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were discovered before the turn of the century and their usefulness for industry, because of their physical properties, was recognized early. The PCBs have been used commercially, since ...
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, ...
Biomarkers and Risk Assessment: Concepts and Principles - Environmental Health Criteria 155
(1993)
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the concepts and to identify the principles for the application of biomarkers to assessment of risk to human health from exposure to chemical agents, with special attention to ...
Report of the Meeting of the Ninth Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme - GEMS Report Series No. 20
(1993)
Report of the Meeting of the Ninth Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Climate Impact
Assessment and Response Strategies Programme
Safety and Health in the Use of Chemicals at Work - A Training Manual
(1993)
The International Labour Conference adopted, in June 1990, the Chemicals Convention (No. 170), and Recommendation (No. 177), with a view to reducing the incidence of chemically induced illness and injuries at work.