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050			_aRA 566 .W35 1978
100			_aWaldbott, George L. _eauthor
245		0	_aHealth effects of environmental pollutants / _cGeorge L. Waldbott
250			_aSecond Edition.
260			_aSaint Louis, Missouri : _bThe C.V. Mosby Company, _cc1978
300			_ax, 350 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPart One: Sources and actions of pollutants -- 1. Disasters -- 2. Pollutants and their sources -- 3. Dispersion of air pollutants -- 4. Recognition of pollutants -- 5. Toxic action of pollutants -- 6. The body's defenses -- 7. Pulmonary irritants -- Part Two: Health effects -- 8. Fibrosis-producing agents -- 9. Granuloma-producing agents -- 10. fever-producing agents -- 11. Asphyxiating pollutants -- 12. Systematic poisons -- 13. Systemic poisons -- 14. Systemic poisons -- 15. Allergenic agents -- 16. Carcinogens -- 17. Mutagenic pollutants -- 18. Economic poisons -- 19. Hydrocarbons -- 20. Pollution by radiation -- 21. Smoking -- 22. Water Pollution -- 23. Noise pollution -- 24. Fires -- 25. Prophylaxis and treatment -- Appendix -- Glossary.
520			_aThe reduction of the the stratospheric ozone layer by fluorocarbon aerosols, the recognition of the carcinogenic property of vinyl chloride (probably the most widely used plastic), the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) epidemic in Michigan, and the environment damage from fire-retarding agents are some of the new developments discussed in this revised edition.
650			_aPOLLUTION -- TOXICOLOGY
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