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Lasers and Optical Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 23
(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 ...
The Effects of Large Carnivores on Livestock and Animal Husbandry in Marsabit District, Kenya - IPAL Technical Report Number E-4
(1980)
The objectives of this study were: - to describe predation by wild carnivores on livestock
of the nomadic tribes in the Mt Kulal area, northern Kenya; - to describe the pastoralists' methods of protection against predation ...
Radiofrequency and Microwaves - Environmental Health Criteria 16
(1981)
Microwave and radiofrequency (RE) radiation constitute part of the whole electromagnetic spectrum. This document is concerned
with frequencies lying between 105 and 3 × 1011 Hz (100 kHz and 300 GHz). The term radiofrequency ...
Interaction of Nutrients and other Factors with Mycotoxins
(1985)
Throughout recorded history diseases of man and lower animals have been associated with metabolites of certain molds growing on foodstuffs. However, an understanding of the relationship between the diseases, the molds, the ...
Arsenic - Environmental Health Criteria 18
(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, ...
Manganese - Environmental Health Criteria 17
(1981)
Manganese, Mn (atomic number Z = 25; relative atomic mass A r = 54.938) is an element of the VIIb group of the periodic table of elements, together with technetium and rhenium. It belongs to 16 the first series of d-block ...
Hydrogen Sulfide - Environmental Health Criteria 19
(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 ...
Chlorine and Hydrogen Chloride - Environmental Health Criteria 21
(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 ...
Interaction of the Oceans with Greenhouse Gases and Atmospheric Aerosols - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 94
(1988)
The Sixth Session of the GESANP Working Group on the Interchange of Pollutants between the Atmosphere and the Oceans stressed the impact of contaminants on climate. This included the effects of such "greenhouse" gases as ...
Selected Petroleum Products - Environmental Health Criteria 20
(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 ...