Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book provides comprehensive and detailed information on combustion processes, dispersion of combustion products, estimation of rate of production of products and their effects on health.
Synopsis
1. Highlights the effects on human health from products of combustion
2. Fires are a common source of exposure to smoke and a range of toxicologically active chemicals.
3. Toxicologists, health and safety officers, environmental scientists
4. Drug Discovery Series, Toxicology Research
5. This book provides comprehensive and detailed information on combustion processes, dispersion of combustion products, estimation of rate of production of products of combustion, dispersion of these products and their effects on health.
Synopsis
Fires are a common source of exposure to smoke and a range of toxicologically-active chemicals. This book will provide comprehensive information on combustion processes, dispersion of combustion products, estimation of rate of production of products of combustion, and their effects on health. The readership will be toxicologists, regulators and environmental health professionals.
Table of Contents
Overview of combustion toxicology; Fire types and combustion products; Specific types of fires and their products; Dispersion modelling; Haber's Law; Carbon monoxide; Hydrogen cyanide; Mechanism of action of combustion-derived particles; Dioxins and other carcinogens; Irritant gases; Animal models; Acute effects of combinations of toxicologically active substances in fire victims; Hydrogen cyanide; Irritant gases and Acute Lung Injury; Health effects on high exposure groups from wild land and urban fires; The Buncefield Fire; Volcanoes; Two Towers Disaster; Providing advice to those exposed to combustion products