Environmental health
Subtitle: from global to local
By: Howard Frumkin, editor
Contributors: Frumkin, Howard
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1108
Subjects: Environmental health; Health risk assessment
Description: "Environmental Health: From Global to Local offers students a comprehensive introduction to environmental health. It provides an overview of methods and paradigms used in this field, ranging from ecology to epidemiology, from toxicology to environmental psychology, and from genetics to ethics to religion." "Environmental Health: From Global to Local is an ideal starting point for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental health. It is also an ideal text for students in other public health specialties who want to learn about environmental health and for students of environmental studies and environmental sciences who want to learn about the human health aspects of the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Ecology and human health / John Wegner; title: Toxicology / Jason R. Richardson, Gary W. Miller; title: Epidemiology / Kyle Steenland, Christine Moe; title: Exposure assessment, industrial hygiene, and environmental management / P. Barry Ryan; title: Environmental psychology / Daniel Stokols, Chip Clitheroe; title: Genetics and environmental health / Samuel H. Wilson; title: Environmental health ethics / Andrew Jameton; title: Environmental justice / Charles Lee; title: Religious approaches to environmental health / Daniel Swartz; title: Population pressure / Don Hinrichsen; title: Climate change / Jonathan A. Patz; title: War / Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel; title: Developing nations / Jerome Nriagu, Jaymie Meliker, Mary Johnson; title: Air pollution / Michelle L. Bell, Jonathan M. Samet; title: Energy production / Richard Rheingans; title: Urbanization / Sandro Galea, David Vlahov; title: Transportation and health / John Balbus, Dushana Yoganathan Triola; title: Water and health / Tim Ford; title: Solid and hazardous waste / Sven Rodenbeck ... [et al.]; title: Pest control and pesticides / Mark G. Robson, George C. Hamilton; title: Food safety / David McSwane; title: Indoor air / Michael J. Hodgson; title: Workplace health and safety / Melissa Perry, Howard Hu; title: Radiation / Arthur C. Upton; title: Injuries / Junaid A. Razzak, Jeremy J. Hess, Arthur L. Kellermann; title: Disaster preparedness / Eric K. Noji, Catherine Y. Lee; title: Nature contact : a health benefit? / Howard Frumkin; title: Children / Maida Galvez, Joel Forman, Philip J. Landrigan; title: Prevention / Joel A. Tickner; title: The practice of environmental health / Sarah Kotchian; title: Geographic information systems / Lance A. Waller; title: Risk assessment / Scott Bartell; title: Environmental health policy / Barry L. Johnson; title: Risk communication / Vincent T. Covello; title: Health care services / Robert Laumbach, Howard M. Kipen; title: Legal remedies / Douglas A. Henderson