The VNR Dictionary of Environmental Health and Safety

Download or read book The VNR Dictionary of Environmental Health and Safety written by Frank S. Lisella and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For both technically trained individuals and interested laypersons, this dictionary contains some 7,000 entries that encompass current environmental health and safety issues. Among the disciplines represented are agronomy, biosafety, biostatistics, ecology, environmental law, epidemiology, general safety, general sanitation (food and water as well as refuse and sewage disposal), hazardous materials control, industrial hygiene, microbiology, and radiation. Also provided are a list of acronyms and a list of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR