| Zinc: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 221 Contributor(s): Who (Producer), Ilo (Author), Unep (Author) |
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ISBN: 9241572213 ISBN-13: 9789241572217 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $45.17 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2001 Annotation: Zinc is a common element in the natural environment. Apart from artificially reduced zinc metal, it exists in the divalent state Zn (II) in the environment and it is an essential element for most organisms. It is well known that zinc deficiency causes numerous effects in humans, including neurosensory changes, growth retardation and delayed wound healing, but most people obtain sufficient amounts of zinc from their diet. On the other hand, it is reported that high doses of zinc cause gastrointestinal distress, nausea and diarrhoea. This book evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposures to zinc. Overall evaluation suggests that normal, healthy individuals not exposed to zinc in the workplace are at potentially greater risk from the adverse effects associated with zinc deficiency than from those associated with normal environmental exposure to zinc because of its relatively low toxicity in humans and the limited sources of human exposure. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Toxicology - Medical | Pharmacology |
| Dewey: 615 |
| Series: Environmental Health Criteria |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 388 pages |