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This book evaluates the effects of arsine to human health. The information presented focuses on effects associated with short-term exposure to arsine. Arsine is a colourless non-irritating gas with a mild garlic-like odour. Arsine is extensively used in the semiconductor. The acute toxicity of arsine in different species including humans is high. The target organ of arsine poisoning is the haematopoietic system in particular the erythrocytes.

This book evaluates the effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on human health. PCBs are synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds that have been produced and used in plasticizers surface coatings inks dielectric fluids and so on. Since PCBs accumulate in the food-chain and persist in the environment they are designated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants as persistent pollutants. Many countries have severely restricted or banned the production of PCBs.

Intro -- AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS -- AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS -- Contents -- Introduction: Preventing and treating tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. A worldwide public health challenge -- References -- Section One -- Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the liver in patients co-infected with HIV and HCV/HBV -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Our study -- Inclusion criteria -- Studies selection -- Data Abstraction -- Data Analysis -- Findings -- Effect of HAART in increasing ALT level -- Sub group analysis -- Publication Bias -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and persons with disability/intellectual disability -- Abstract -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS and disability -- HIV/AIDS and intellectual disability -- Sexual behavior and prevention -- References -- Healthy Israel 2020: Objectives, targets, and evidence-based strategies to prevent tuberculosis and HIV infection in Israel -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) -- Current overview -- Specific concerns -- Economic analysis -- Objectives -- Developmental objective -- Interventions -- HIV and AIDS -- Epidemiology -- Objectives -- Developmental data objectives -- Interventions -- Overview -- Specific strategies and interventions -- Implementation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Summative evaluation of a community mobilization program to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in HIV disease -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Our study -- Intervention strategy -- Evaluation strategy -- Findings -- Impact Evaluation -- Outcome evaluation -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Health beliefs regarding latent tuberculosis among ethnic groups in Northeast Florida -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Our study -- Instrument.

Beyond being an environmental concern, pollution is a public health problem. As a result, enforcement of anti-pollution statutes, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, not only protects the environment, but also furthers fundamental public health goals. Moreover, public health benefits provide politically salient arguments for continuing and even strengthening environmental protection that can counteract any political opposition that can arise as a result of the costs of environmental regulation and compliance to regulated entities and the taxpayers.Thus, it is worth examining the extent to which the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") considers the public health in its environmental enforcement priorities and decisions. Focusing on the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, this Article undertakes such an examination by: (1) outlining the statutory connections between public health considerations and environmental regulation; (2) examining the EPA's enforcement priorities and guidance; and (3) criticizing the EPA's presentation of its own enforcement effectiveness over the last decade.This Article concludes that public health considerations do play a significant role in environmental enforcement policies and decisionmaking. However, the EPA's commitment to presenting the public health benefits of its enforcement actions has varied considerably over the last decade. With the release of its FY2009 enforcement assessment, however, the EPA has both expanded its analysis of the connection betweenenvironmental pollution enforcement and public health benefits and created new tools to enhance the transparency of these benefits to the affected public.