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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL Editor-in-Chief A.A. Moghissi Managing Editor B.D. Moghissi LIST OF CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX VOLUME 19, 1993 Pergamon Press New York ¢ Oxford « Seoul « Tokyo ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL A Journal of Science, Technology, Health, Monitoring and Policy Editor-in-Chief A. Alan Moghissi Managing Editor Barbara Moghissi Temple University Regulatory Science Press Editorial Board Stanley |. Auerbach Merril Eisenbud Lucjan Pawlowski Environmental Sciences Division 711 Bayberry Drive Technical University of Lublin Oak Ridge National Laboratory Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA 40, Nadbyrstrzycka Str. P.O. Box X 20-618 Lublin, Poland Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA John H. Harley P.O. Box M 268 P.A.R. Post van der Burg Tom Beer Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA Dienst Centraal Milieubeheer Rijnmond CSIRO Bushfire Research Program Stationsplein 2 Private Bag, PO Mordialloc Schiedam, The Netherlands Vic. 3195, Australia E. El-Hinnawi National Research Center Birgitta Berglund El-Tahrir Street, Dokki Frank Princiotta Department of Psychology Cairo, Egypt Air and Energy Engineering Research University of Stockholm Laboratory S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Otto Hutzinger Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA Ecological Chemistry & Geochemistry Asit K. Biswas and University of Bayreuth Margaret Biswas Postfach 3008 Paolo Ricci 76 Woodstock Close D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany 685 Hilldale Avenue Oxford OX2 6HP, United Kingdom Berkeley, CA 94708, USA Victor P. Bond Thomas I. Lindvall Medical Department The National Institute of Environmental Surin Sangsnit Brookhaven National Laboratory Medicine and The Karolinska Institute 422 Friendship Housing Group 2 Upton, NY 11973, USA S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden Soi On-nuj, Sukumvit 77 Tambol Nong Born, Pra Kanong Peter Brimblecombe Bangkok 10250, Thailand School of Environmental Sciences E. Joe Middlebrooks University of East Anglia Office of the Provost University of Tulsa Jack Shreffler Norwich NR4 JTJ, United Kingdom 600 S. College Avenue U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Tulsa, OK 74104-3189, USA Atmospheric Research and Exposure Melvin W. Carter Assessment Laboratory MD-75 4621 Ellisbury Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA Atlanta, GA 30338, USA Samuel C. Morris National Center for Analysis of Vincent Covello Energy Systems Kasem Snidvongs Center for Risk Communication Brookhaven National Laboratory Ministry of Science Technology & Columbia University Environment Upton, NY 11973, USA 60 Haven Avenue, Room B-1 Rama VI Road New York, NY 10032, USA Bangkok 10400, Thailand Raimi O. Ojikutu J.M. Dave Environmental Planning & Kiyohide Takeuchi School of Environmental Sciences Protection Division Japan Weather Association Jawaharlal Nehru University New Secretariat 2-9-2 Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku New Delhi 110057, India Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Tokyo 101, Japan Production Editor: Lorraine Petrella, Pergamon Press, Tarrytown, New York. Editorial Office: Environment International, P.O. Box 7166, Alexandria, Virginia 22307, USA. Publishing, Subscription and Advertising Offices: Pergamon Press Inc., 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591- 5153, USA, E-mail Address: [email protected]; and Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford, OX3 OBW, England. Published Bimonthly. Annual Institutional Subscription Rate (1994): North, Central and South America, US$465.00, Rest of World £303.00. Sterling prices exclude VAT. Non-VAT registered customers in the European Community will be charged the appropriate VAT in addition to the price listed. Prices include postage and insurance and are subject to change without notice. Environment International, Vol. 19, pp. 637-644, 1993 0160-4120/93 $6.00 + .00 Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1993 Pergamon Press Ltd. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS Volume 19 Number 1 1993 A. Alan Moghissi Editorial: Risk communicaticn Kiyoung Lee Sampling rate evaluation for NO» badge: (Il) in personal monitoring Yukio Yanagisawa John D. Spengler Halak Ozkaynak Irwin H. Billick Larry C. Holcomb Indoor air quality and environmental tobacco smoke: concentration and exposure Omar Ali Sabbak Distribution of hydrogen sulfide in Jiddah atmosphere A.S. Mathuthu Monitoring of water quality in upper Mukuvisi River in Harare, F.M. Zaranyika Zimbabwe S.B. Jonnalagadda V.J. Nashikkar Effect of reuse of high-BOD wastewaters for crop irrigation on soil nitrification G.F. Vazquez Trace and heavy metals in San Andres Lagoon, Tamaulipas, Mexico H.D. Delgado C.J. De la Huerta L.G. Aguilera Virender K. Sharma N.K. Srivastava Effect of thermal power effluents on the community structure and R.S. Ambasht primary production of phytoplankton R. Kumar Shardendu Letters to the Editor Books Erratum New Patents Software Survey Section List of Contents ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS Volume 19 Number 2 1993 A. Alar Moghissi Editorial: Saving the earth or saving people R. Ruotsalainen Ventilation and indoor air quality in Finnish daycare centers N. Jaakkola J.J.K. Jaakkola L.Y. Chan A study of bus commuter and pedestrian exposure to traffic air Helen W.Y. Wu pollution in Hong Kong R.B. Gammage et al. Impact on indoor air quality during burning of Pakistani coal briquettes Chih-Shan Li Size distributions of submicrometer aerosols from cooking Wen-Hai Lin Fu-Tien Jeng D.L. Higgitt Catchment-scale deposition and redistribution of Chernobyl J.S. Rowan radiocaesium in upland Britain D.E. Walling Ralph A. Zingaro Arsenic - A classic example of chemophobia Wen-Yuan Huang The effect of farming practices on reducing excess nitrogen fertilizer Noel D. Uri use V.W.D. Chul Laboratory evaluation of VectobacR-12AS and teflubenzuron against C.W. Koo Culex and Aedes mosquito larvae under different physical conditions W.M. Lo Xu-Jia Qiu Masakazu Makino Prediction of gas chromatographic retention indexes of environmental Mamoru Kamiya polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans by use of Hidetsuru Matsushita computer-calculated molecular properties Letter to the Editor Books List of Contents ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS Volume 19 Number 3 1993 Anibal L. Taboas Editorial: Principals of a multimedia, risk-based market-driven environmental approach Antti Pénka Lung cancer and ambient air pollution in Helsinki Eero Pukkala Timo Hakulinen Chih-Shan Li Microbiological indoor air quality in subtropical areas Yu-Mei Kuo K. Hawk Radon concentrations in homes in an area of dolomite bedrock: R.D. Stieglitz Door County, Wisconsin J.C. Norman H. Irene Hall Mucosal irritation and thermal comfort among occupants of an office Brian P. Leaderer building William S. Cain Anne T. Fidler Kingsley E. Haynes Environmental decision models: U.S. experience and a new approach Samuel Ratick to pollution management William M. Bowen James Cummings-Saxton Ameera Al-Haddad Levels of PCBs and PAHs in Bahrain soil Ismail M. Madany Farha J. Abdullah O0.S. Fatoki Levels of dissolved zinc and cadmium in some surface waters of western Nigeria A.D. Andreadakis Treatment and disposal of the wastewater of Thessaloniki, Greece T.E. Agelakis D.V. Adraktas Letters to the Editor Books Software Survey Section List of Contents ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS Volume 19 Number 4 1993 A. Alan Moghissi Editorial: Safe is not risk-free Alberto Malanca Indoor air pollutants in a building block in Parma (Northern Italy) Valerio Pessina Giuseppe Dallara Sami N. Al-Yakoob Exposure to particle-bound polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the Yousef Abdal Al-Mansoria residential area during the Kuwait oil fires: a qualitative Hassan Nasrallah appraisal of the adsorption role Nahida Al-Majed Kare Lenvik Smoking habits, atopy, and prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms among office workers in Norway B.D. Amiro A method to assess environmental acceptability of releases of R. Zach radionuclides from nuclear facilities Robert C. Duncan The effect of chronic environmental noise on the rate of hypertension: Clay E. Easterly a meta-analysis Jack Griffith Tim E. Aldrich Chih-Shan Li Removal efficiency of particulate matter by a range exhaust fan Wen-Hai Lin Fu-Tien Jeng R.S. Upadhye Incineration for resource recovery in a closed ecological life K. Wignarajah support system T. Wydeven Radi Salim Effects of root and foliar treatments with lead, cadmium, and copper M.M. Al-Subu on the uptake distribution and growth of radish plants A. Atallah José M. Azcue Arsenic forms in mine-polluted sediments of Moira Lake, Ontario Jerome O. Nriagu Books New Patents List of Contents ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS Volume 19 Number 5 1993 SPECIAL ISSUE HISTORY OF RADIUM, URANIUM, THORIUM, AND RELATED NUCLIDES IN INDUSTRY AND MEDICINE Fritz Steinhausler 419 Editorial: History of radium, uranium, thorium, and related nuclides in Edward R. Landa industry and medicine John Rundo James H. Stebbings A. Alan Moghissi Karlheinz Seeger Editorial: Victor F. Hess J. Rundo History of the determination of radium in man since 1915 James H. Stebbings Radon levels in a Pennsylvania dial painting facility from measurements by Victor Hess Gert Keller Radiological aspects of former mining activities in the Saxon Erzgebirge, Germany J. Pohi-Riling The scientific development of a former gold mine near Badgastein, Austria, to the therapeutic facility "Thermal Gallery” R.R. Wick History and current uses of 224Ra in ankylosing spondylitis and W. Géssner other diseases R.M. Pratt Review of radium hazards and regulation of radium in industry A. Adams The origin and early development of the Belgian radium industry Edward R. Landa A brief history of the American radium industry and its ties to the scientific community of its early twentieth century J. Thomas Wastes from the former uranium paint factory at Joachimstal D. Drabova (Jachymov) used in dwellings N. Segovia Early uses of radionuclides in Mexico A. Tejera S. Bulbulian F. Palma A.S. Paschoa History and development of whole body counting in Brazil C.A. Nogueira de Oliveira M.C. Lourenco J.L. Lipsztein O.Y. Mafra Guidicini I.M. Antunes List of Contents ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS Volume 19 Number 6 1993 A. Alan Moghissi Editorial: Does the National Academy of Sciences speak for science? J.W. Goodrich-Mahoney Pentachlorophenol-treated wood poles and crossarms: Toxicity 1.P. Murarka Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) results L.J. Holcombe M.E. Horn Chungsying Lu Modeling of breakpoint reaction in drinking water distribution pipes Pratim Biswas Robert M. Clark Jia-Ming Lin Formaldehyde in conventional homes in Taiwan Yung-How Yao I.M. Banat Microbial and nutrient pollution assessment of coastal and creek E.S. Hassan waters of Northern U.A.E. A.H. Abu-Hilal A.B. Adam Somjai Karnchanawong Monitoring and evaluation of shallow well water quality near a waste Suporn Koottatep disposal site Takashi Ikeguchi Ahmed H. Abu-Hilal Assessment of tar pollution on the United Arab Emirates beaches Hosny K. Khordagui Altaf Ahmed Khan Benthic fauna in relation to pollution: a case study at River Chambal S.K. Kulshrestha near Kota in Central India J.A. Omgbu Determination of Zn, Pb, Cu, and Hg in soils of Ekpan, Nigeria M.A. Kokogho L.O. Onasanya Lead content in roadside vegetation as indicators of atmospheric Kola Ajewole pollution Ade Adeyeye O.S. Fatoki Determination of phthalate ester plasticizers in the aquatic A.O. Ogunfowokan environment of southwestern Nigeria Lettert o the Editor Books Contents and Author Index for Volume 19, 1993 Software Survey Section Cane iaat [Hw ae