Public Health Publication : World Health Organization ; (Php) Public Health Publication, Volume 54: Control of Air Pollution in the USSR

By N. F. Izmerov

Book Id: WPLBN0000133843
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Public Health Publication : World Health Organization ; (Php) Public Health Publication, Volume 54: Control of Air Pollution in the USSR
Author:	N. F. Izmerov
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CHAPTE. R1. THE DET'ELOPMENT .4 ND PRESENT STATUS OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IK THE USSR . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The period before the October Revolution. 1917 . . . . . . . . . . 10 The period after the Octobel- Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The period after the Second World War . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 CHAPTE2R . PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AIR QUALITY STANDARDS IN THE USSR . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Criteria and methods for establishing maximum permissible concen- trations of atmospheric pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Concentrations of atmospheric pollutants and their interpretation . . 57 CHAPTER3 . SOURCES OF ATIIOSPHERIC POLLUTIOT AND MEA- SURES FOR THEIR CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 The main sources of air pollution and overall control measures . . . 61 Measures to purify and reduce the quantity of industrial wastes discharged into the atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 CHAPTER4. ORGANIZATION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL . . . 85 Sanitary surveiilance in the Soviet Union . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Training staff for the sanitary and epide~niological service . . . . . 94 Organization of surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 CHAPTE5R . INTERNATIOII'AL CO-OPER;\TIOK : COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECOKO\IIC ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106