An Introduction to Environmental Epidemiology
Contributors: Evelyn Talbott (Editor); Gunther F. Craun (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 13, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780873715737
Subjects: Environmental factors; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Nature/Ecology; Environmentally induced diseas; Environmental Toxicology; Toxicology; Nature; Medical / Nursing; Environmentally induced diseases; Epidemiology; Occupational & Industrial Medicine; Medical / Epidemiology; Environmental Science; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Environmental health; Environmental monitoring
First sentence: The movement for increased protection of the environment, which gained particular prominence in the late 1960s in the U.S., and which resulted in the exponential growth of federal and state regulatory structures, represented the confluence of two separate social forces, each with its own long and distinguished history.