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Decision-making in environmental health : from evidence to action / edited by C. Corvalan, D. Briggs, and G. Zielhuis.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental health--Decision making.
- Environmental health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Decision-Making in Environmental Health examines the need for information in support of decision-making in environmental health. It discusses indicators of environmental health, methods of data collection and the assessment of exposure to and the health impact of different environmental risk factors.
- Contents:
- Health and environment analysis
- Requirements for successful environmental health decision-making
- The need for information : environmental health indicators
- Methods for building environmental health indicators
- Assessment of exposure and health effects
- Linking environment and health data : statistical and epidemiological issues
- Using geographic information systems to link environment and health data
- Application of HEADLAMP in the field
- The HEADLAMP approach : a new model for environmental health decision-making
- Annex 1 : Examples of environmental health indicators.
- Notes:
- Published on behalf of the World Health Organization.
- Published simultaneously in Canada.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-80158-4
- 0-429-20432-9
- 0-419-25940-6
- 1-135-80159-2
- 1-280-40531-7
- 9786610405312
- 0-585-44807-8
- 9780429204326
- OCLC:
- 52446934
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