Low Dose Exposures in the Environment
Subtitle: Dose-Effect Relations and Risk Evaluation (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment)
Contributors: F. Wütscher (Assistant)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9783540210832
Subjects: Pollution & threats to the environment; Social impact of environmental issues; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Science; Sociology; Environmental Science; Science/Mathematics; General; Human Carcinogens; Radiation; Social Science / General; Toxicology
First sentence: Since the beginning of life on earth, all living beings have been exposed to potentially harmful agents like ionising radiation or chemical substances from various natural sources.