Methods for assessing and reducing injury from chemical accidents.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: IPCS joint symposia | SCOPE (Series) (Chichester, West Sussex) | SGOMSEC (Series)Publication details: Chichester [England] : Wiley, 1989Description: xxv, 303 p. : illISBN:

0471922781

DDC classification:

363.179 MET

Subject: A large number of high volume chemicals are manufactured, transported, stored, marketed or disposed of as waste worldwide, and these pose a signifigant risk from accidents and/or poisonings. This book is the result of a workshop held in New Delhi and should not be considered as a manual for chemical management, but rather as a source of critical information for those in governments and industry who have to deal with such emergencies, or have to develop more effective emergency response systems within their countries or as part of internationally coordinated programs.

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"Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) ... [and other bodies]"

Includes bibliographies and index

Papers from a workshop held in New Delhi, Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 1987

A large number of high volume chemicals are manufactured, transported, stored, marketed or disposed of as waste worldwide, and these pose a signifigant risk from accidents and/or poisonings. This book is the result of a workshop held in New Delhi and should not be considered as a manual for chemical management, but rather as a source of critical information for those in governments and industry who have to deal with such emergencies, or have to develop more effective emergency response systems within their countries or as part of internationally coordinated programs.

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