The Praeger handbook of environmental health / edited by Robert H. Friis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friis, Robert H.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by internationally acclaimed experts in the United States and abroad, this comprehensive set of environmental health articles serves to clarify our impending challenges as well as opportunities for health and wellness.

Contents:

COVER; TITLE; VOLUME 1 FOUNDATIONS OF THE FIELD; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Introduction: Current Status of Environmental Health; Chapter 1 Ecology and Environmental or Ecosystem Health; Chapter 2 Human Exposure Assessment; Chapter 3 The Environment and Endangered Species/Species Extinctions; Chapter 4 Environmental Noise and Health; Chapter 5 Environmental Epigenetics; Chapter 6 Climate Change and Health; Chapter 7 Oceanic Pollution; Chapter 8 Fundamentals of Environmental Epidemiology; Chapter 9 Using Epidemiology as a Tool to Study Environmental Health

Chapter 10 Solutions to the Growing Solid Waste ProblemChapter 11 Population Trends and the Environment; Chapter 12 International Environmental Law; Chapter 13 Biomarkers Used in Environmental Health, with a Focus on Endocrine Disrupters; Chapter 14 Environmental Health Risk Assessment; Chapter 15 The Environmental Health Policy-Making Process; Chapter 16 Significant Environmental Health Statutes and Key Regulations; Chapter 17 The Role of State and Local Public Health Departments in Environmental Enforcement

Chapter 18 Risk Communication and Environmental Health: Principles, Strategies, Tools, and TechniquesChapter 19 The Role of Health Professionals in Protecting Environmental Health; Chapter 20 Renewable Energy; Chapter 21 Eco-Friendly Transportation and the Built Environment; Chapter 22 Lighting and Astronomy; Chapter 23 Green Living: Reducing the Individual's Carbon Footprint; Chapter 24 Educating the Environmental Health Workforce; About the Editor and Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; VOLUME 2 AGENTS OF DISEASE; Contents

Chapter 1 Microbial Agents: ZoonoticChapter 2 Environment and Vector-Borne Diseases; Chapter 3 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the Environment; Chapter 4 Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods; Chapter 5 Food Contamination and Poisoning; Chapter 6 Environmental Aspects of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; Chapter 7 Cadmium Exposure and Human Health; Chapter 8 Asbestos; Chapter 9 Lead: Neurotoxic Effects in Adults; Chapter 10 Mercury and Environmental Health; Chapter 11 Arsenic

Chapter 12 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Health Effects, Surveillance, and EpidemiologyChapter 13 Pesticides; Chapter 14 Disposal of E-Waste; Chapter 15 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Cancer and Immunological Health Effects; Chapter 16 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Reproductive and Developmental Health Effects; Chapter 17 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Neurological and Other Health Effects; Chapter 18 The Dioxin Story; Chapter 19 DDT and Environmental Health; Chapter 20 Phthalates: What They Are and Why They Raise Concerns about Human Health; Chapter 21 Endocrine Disruptors

Chapter 22 Ionizing Radiation

Notes:

Four volumes combined as one.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216000204

9798216131458

9786613599773

9781280570179

1280570172

9780313386015

0313386013

OCLC:

792737725