Author: Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Gui
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: submarine, contaminants, volume, selected, levels, continuous, exposure, guidance, emergency
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2008-05-09
List price: $67.00
ISBN-10: 0309112737
ISBN-13: 9780309112734
Author: Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Gui
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: submarine, contaminants, volume, selected, levels, continuous, exposure, guidance, emergency
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2009-09-28
List price: $43.25
ISBN-10: 0309143799
ISBN-13: 9780309143790
Book DescriptionU.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air contaminants 24 hours a day. To protect workers from potential adverse health effects due to those conditions, the U.S. Navy has established exposure guidance levels for a number of contaminants. The Navy asked a subcommittee of the National Research Council (NRC) to review, and develop when necessary, exposure guidance levels for specific contaminants.This volume, the third in a se
Author: Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines Commi
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: airborne, contaminants, volume, selected, concentrations, maximum, allowable, spacecraft
Number of Pages: 406
Published: 2008-11-24
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309128447
ISBN-13: 9780309128445
NASA is aware of the potential toxicologic hazards to crew that might be associated with prolonged spacecraft missions. Despite major engineering advances in controlling the atmosphere within spacecraft, some contamination of the air appears inevitable. NASA has measured numerous airborne contaminants during space missions. As the missions increase in duration and complexity, ensuring the health and well-being of astronauts traveling and working in this unique environment becomes increasingly difficult. As part of its efforts to promote safe conditions aboard spacecraft, NASA requested the Nat
Author: Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: compass, series, water, drinking, assessment, radon, risk
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1999-06-24
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0309062926
ISBN-13: 9780309062923
Presents a valuable synthesis of information about the total inhalation and ingestion risks posed by radon in public drinking water, including comprehensive review of data on the transfer of radon from water to indoor air and outdoor levels of radon in the U.S. DLC: Drinking water--Contamination--U.S.
Author: Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: reassessment, beir, time, radon, effects, exposure, health
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0309050871
ISBN-13: 9780309050876
Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI), Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council. Report of the Committee on the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
Author: Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute C
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: making, sense, evidence, effects, cardiovascular, smoke, exposure, secondhand
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2010-01-21
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 0309138396
ISBN-13: 9780309138390
Book DescriptionData suggest that exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults. Recently, progress has been made in reducing involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke through legislation banning smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and other public places. The effect of legislation to ban smoking and its effects on the cardiovascular health of nonsmoking adults, however, remains a question. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects reviews available scientific literature to assess the relationship between secondhand smoke exposure and acute coronary e
Author: Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: beir, vii, –, phase, radiation, ionizing, risks, exposure, low, levels, health
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2006-03-21
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 030909156X
ISBN-13: 9780309091565
This book is the seventh in a series of titles from the National Research Council that addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer) ionizing radiation and human health. Updating information previously presented in the 1990 publication, "Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR V", this book draws upon new data in both epidemiologic and experimental research. Ionizing radiation arises from both natural and man-made sources and at very high doses can produce damaging effects in human tissue that can be evident within days after exposure.
