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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463495103321

Titolo

Essentials of environmental public health science : a handbook for field professionals / / edited by Naima Bradley [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-176302-0

0-19-150539-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BradleyNaima

Disciplina

362.19698

Soggetti

Environmental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; 1 Introduction to Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science; Naima Bradley and Alec Dobney; 2 Physicochemical properties; Nicholas Brooke; 3 Key concepts and framework for investigation; Camilla Ghiassee, Graham Urquhart, Raquel Duarte-Davidson, Jo Wilding, Charlotte Landeg-Cox, and Allister Gittins; 4 Air pollution and public health; Adrienne Dunne, Laura Mitchem, Jo Wilding, and Andrew Kibble; 5 Water and public health; Gary Lau, Stephen Robjohns, Frances Pollitt, Meera Cush, and Britta Gadeberg

6 Contaminated land and public healthYolande Macklin, Kerry Foxall, Paul Harold, Louise Uffindell, Sian Morrow, and George Kowalczyk; 7 Waste management and public health; Peter Lamb, Yolande Macklin, Andy McParland, and Greg Hodgson; 8 Emerging issues; Robie Kamanyire, Graham Urquhart, and Lorraine Stewart; Index of Statutes; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental public health is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the direct impact of exposure to environmental hazards on the public's health and wellbeing. Assessing and addressing the risks of chemical hazards requires a sound knowledge of toxicology, environmental epidemiology, environmental science, health risk



assessment, and public health principles.Essentials of Environmental Public Health Science provides practical guidance on the technical aspects of environmental and public health investigations. Written by leaders in the field, the authors provide practical, expert advi