World Health Organization guidelines

World Health Organization, Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality, Vol. 1, Geneva, (1984). 

An international intercomparison exercise in the determination of microcystin, carried out by using the most common methods (LC/DAD, ELISA and LC/MS) indicated that LC/DAD is affected by lower precision [234], while the coupling of the LC technique with ELISA permit the achievement of high sensitivity and specificity in the determination of microcystins and nodularin [235] without the need of pre-concentration the method meets the World Health Organization guidelines (1 pg L ). The combination of ELISA characterization and LC analysis with fluorescence, UV, and tandem MS detections, allowed the first identification of cylindrospermopsin, an algal toxin that caused the poisoning of up to 148 persons in Australia [236],... 

Table 2.8 illustrates the severity of air pollution problems in 20 so-called megacities around the world. Megacities were defined in this study as urban areas currently having, or anticipated to have by the year 2000, populations of > 10 million. In most cases, the World Health Organization guidelines (Tables 2.7) are exceeded by more than a factor of two for at least one of the air pollutants shown (Mage et al., 1996). 

World Health Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria. World Health Organization. Geneva, 2006. 

World Health Organization. Guidelines on the Validation of Manufacturing Processes. Annex 5 to Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceutical Products (Ref. 14). Geneva (1993). 

Chemical standards are widely used to protect the environment and human health from substances released by human activity. Generally, standards relate to doses or concentrations in the environment for specific chemicals, below which unacceptable effects are not expected to occur. Many standards are legally enforceable numerical limits, such as Environmental Quality Standards for List 1 chemicals in water or Annex X and VIII standards under the European Water Framework Directive. Others are not mandatory but are contained in guidelines, codes of practice, or sets of criteria for deciding individual cases. Some standards are not set by governments but carry authority for other reasons, especially the scientific eminence or market power of those who set them (e.g., World Health Organization guidelines). 

World Health Organization. Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines. Programme on Traditional Medicines, Geneva, 1991. 

WHO, (2000) World Health Organization Guidelines and International Standards for Drinking-Water Quality. ACQWS paper No. 3. 

World Health Organization, Guidelines for ATC Classification and DDD Assignment, 2nd edn, WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistic Methodology, Oslo, 1998. 

World Health Organization, Guidelines on Viral Inactivation and Removal Procedures Intended to Assure the Viral Safety of Human Blood Plasma Products, 2004. 

About 50 percent of the world s population does not have sewage treatment. Rivers downstream from large cities have become heavily polluted with fecal matter. The fecal coltform count in Asian rivers, the most contaminated in the world, is fifty times higher than the World Health Organization guidelines for appropriate sanitation. 

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, Volume 1 Recommendations, WHO, Geneva (1993) and Addendum to Volume 1 (1998). 

The World Health Organization guidelines for cancer pain recommend opioid treatment of moderate-to-severe cancer pain using oral medication whenever possible [6]. An extensive systematic review of opioids for cancer pain did not find clear evidence of superiority or inferiority of morphine over other opioids for cancer pain, and it remains a very commonly used treatment for cancer pain [38]. The variety of routes for morphine, including oral, rectal, intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous, and intrathecal, make it a highly versatile medication. 

World Health Organization Guidelines for drinking water quality. WHO, Geneve 1993. 

World Health Organization guidelines for drinking water... 

De Zuane, J. 1997. Handbook of Drinking Water Quality, 2nd ed. New York Van Nostrand Reinhold. This handbook can be a quick reference for anyone dealing with water quality issues. Appendices include World Health Organization Guidelines and European Drinking Water Directives. 

WHO. (2005). World Health Organization Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care the Summary. Geneva. 

World Health Organization Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, 4th Ed, 2011. DW-PV drinking water parametric value... 

World Health Organization, Guidelines for Efficacy Testing of Spatial Repellents, Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013. 

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