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Photochemical Oxidants - Environmental Health Criteria 7
(1979)
In the context of this report, photochemical oxidants are understood to include ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and peroxyacylnitrates. Many other compounds have been proposed as components of photochemical air pollution but, as ...
Mycotoxins - Environmental Health Criteria 11
(1979)
The present document contains an evaluation of health risks associated with four classes of mycotoxins. Aflatoxins are treated in most detail because more is known about them than about the other mycotoxins and because ...
Guidelines for Establishing or Strengthening National Food Contamination Monitoring Programmes
(1979)
These guidelines are intended to assist national authorities wishing to establish or strengthen food contamination monitoring programmes as part of their overall food safety, food control and resource management activities. ...
Carbon Monoxide - Environmental Health Criteria 13
(1979)
Carbon and oxygen combine to form either carbon monoxide (CO) (incomplete combustion) or carbon dioxide (CO,) (complete
combustion). Whereas carbon dioxide is inert, carbon monoxide is a potent poison owing to its ability ...
Health Criteria and Epidemiological Studies Related to Coastal Water Pollution
(1977)
Among the immediate objectives of the above pilot project is the initiation of a scientific study on the epidemiological evidence of health effects resulting from inadequate sanitary conditions in coastal areas, and the ...
Guidelines for Health Related Monitoring of Coastal Water Quality
(1977)
The present guidelines were drawn up to meet only those needs of participants in MED VII which are relevant to coastal water quality monitoring as expressed in the joint WHO/UNEP Expert Consultation on the subject (1). ...
Hand Pumps for use in Drinking Water Supplies in Developing Countries - Technical Paper No. 10
(1977)
The objectives of this document include: i) To assemble and review information ca hand pumps currently being pro-duced in both developing and industrialized countries; ii) To assemble and review available information on ...
Health-Related Monitoring (Background paper): UNEP/WHO Group of Government Experts on Health-Related Monitoring
(1977)
The aim of the document is to present monitoring activities that are implemented within GEMS and to propose additional activities that will make possible the development of a coherent and comprehensive programme of ...
Monitoring of Recreational Coastal Water Quality and Shellfish Culture Areas
(1978)
The present Seminar on Monitoring of Recreational Water Quality and Shellfish Culture Areas was organized by WHO and UNEP in collaboration with the Higher Institute of Health in Rome, which has been designated the regional ...
Mid -Term Review of the Joint WHO/UNEP Coordinated Pilot Project on Coastal Water Quality Control in the Mediterranean (MED VII): Report of a Meeting of Principal Investigators of Collaborating Laboratories
(1977)
The overall objective of the MED VII project is to produce statistically significant data, scientific information and technical principles which are required for the assessment of the present level of coastal pollution as ...