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Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality

Name: Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality
Author: Max Eisenberg
ISBN: 9781566703239

by Max Eisenberg

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Overview

With the recent tightening of air quality standards as mandated by the U.S. EPA, has come great pressure on regulatory bodies at all levels of government, along with the industries and groups affected by these standards, to better assess the hazards and risks that result from air pollutants. Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality carefully ties together the tools and methodologies of Risk Assessment to the study of indoor air quality.
This informative text takes a look at the problem of long-term exposure to low-level concentrations of toxins. In addition to commonly found toxins, such as chemical fumes from furnishings and carpeting, and indoor use of pesticides, this unique volume discusses risks associated with exposure to indoor allergens and infectious disease pathogens such as Legionnaires Disease. Because few scientific models exist for understanding the dynamics of indoor air quality, Risk Assessment and Indoor Air Quality is an essential resource for all students and professionals involved evaluating, testing and monitoring indoor air quality.

"...explores unique challenges of applying risk assessment with particular attention to the problem of long-term exposure to low-level concentration of toxins."

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Ten studies commissioned by the Center for Indoor Air Research review the science of risk assessment and its application in understanding and remediating indoor air quality concerns. Keeps the technical level suitable for readers with a wide range of educational and professional qualifications, and refers to more sophisticated material. Among the topics are quantitative methods for investigating dose-response relationships, characterizing exposure and risk, and measuring contaminants. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.