Environmental Health Criteria Series Series 242

Dermal Exposure

Paperback
April 2015
9789241572422
More details
  • Publisher
    World Health Organization
  • Published
    20th April 2015
  • ISBN 9789241572422
  • Language English
  • Pages 500 pp.
  • Size 6.75" x 9.75"
  • Images tables & illus
$96.00

This Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) series publication addresses dermal exposure to chemicals. It describes sources and pathways of dermal exposure, models and tools to estimate dermal exposure and methods for dermal exposure prevention and reduction. Furthermore, the EHC introduces skin diseases associated with dermal exposure.

This EHC aims to provide information to national regulatory authorities to assist in conducting health risk assessments and managing the risk involving dermal exposure to chemicals.

World Health Organization

World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.