Authors:Cottrell, Philip L. Cottrell, Gerassimos Notaras, Gab
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: financial, history, banking, studies, tetradrachm, euro, athenian
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2007-05-07
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0754653897
ISBN-13: 9780754653899

With the introduction of the Euro much recent attention has been focused on the role of currencies and their national and international significance. Whilst much has been made of the Euro’s achievements in harmonising Europe’s financial dealings, it is often forgotten that it is by no means the first pan-national currency to enter circulation. Indeed, as the various contributions to this volume make plain, the Euro can in many ways be regarded as a step ’back to the future’, that is, a further international currency in a long historical tradition that includes the Athen

Authors:Gerassimos Arapis, Nadezhda Goncharova, Philippe Bav
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: security, science, series, environmental, nato, stressors, ecological, risk, assessment, multiple, ecotoxicology
Number of Pages: 382
Published: 2006-02-27
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 1402044755
ISBN-13: 9781402044755

The interaction between environment and health is far more complex than is commonly understood. In particular, little attention has been paid to the interaction of different pollutants in the human body as well as in the environment. Even low level exposure over a period of time to a complex cocktail of pollutants in air, water, food and consumer products is likely to contribute significantly to the health status of European citizens. The present book represents new knowlege both human and environmental risk assessment procedures and although it is generally acknowledged that chemical, biologi