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Acrylamide Health and Safety Guide
(World Health Organization, 1991)
The purpose of a Health and Safety Guide is to facilitate the application of these guidelines in national chemical safety programmes. The first three sections of a Health and Safety Guide highlight the relevant technical ...
Amélioration des conditions d’hygiène de l’environnement dans les habitats pour faibles revenus: Comment définir besoins et priorités au niveau communautaire
(1989)
La présente publication se propose d'aider les communautés a se procurer des informations sur les facteurs écologiques qui affectent leur santé dans leurs zones de résidence. Elles pourront ainsi repérer leurs propres ...
Basic Environmental Health
(2001)
This comprehensive interdisciplinary text draws from the social sciences, the natural sciences and the health sciences to introduce students to the principles and methods of environmental health. It offers an overview of ...
Environmental Impact Assessment: Operational Cost Benefit Analysis - MARC Report No. 42
(1988)
This guideline report concentrates on the operational aspects of applying CBA to evaluate projects when there are significant environmental impacts. It is addressed to the need for officials and planners in developing ...
Exposure Monitoring of Lead and Cadmium: An International Pilot Study within the WHO/UNEP Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL) Programme Technical Report
(1990)
This pilot study was one of the first to be developed and implemented as part of the HEAL project The experience gained shows that, although costly and complicated, it is possible to make comparable measurements on an ...
Exposure Monitoring of Nitrogen Dioxide: An International Pilot Study Within the WHO/UNEP Human Exposure Assessment Location (HEAL) Programme
(1991)
The UNEP/WHO Human Exposure Assessment Locations (HEAL) project was developed as part of the WHO Health-Related Monitoring Programme, which was started in 1973 and originally comprised urban air monitoring, water quality ...
Mercury - Environmental Health Criteria 1
(1976)
As stated on page 5, the purpose of the criteria documents is to compile, review, and evaluate available information on the biological effects of pollutants and other environmental factors that may influence man's health, ...
Oxides of Nitrogen - Environmental Health Criteria 4
(1977)
In the context of this criteria document, the term oxides of nitrogen is understood to include nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Other oxides of nitrogen which exist in the atmosphere are not known to have any ...
Lead - Environmental Health Criteria 3
(1977)
A WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Lead met in Geneva from 29 April to 5 May 1975. The Task Group reviewed and revised the second draft criteria document and made an evaluation of the health risks from ...