Environmental and Occupational Health in Brazil

• Pubblicazione: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Medicine and Nursing
• Soggetto non controllato: 1000 days; acute renal failure; agricultural occupation; air pollution; ALAD; Amazon; Amerindian people; artificial neural network; blood; Brazil; Brazilian amazon; Brazilian Amazon; breast milk; breastfeeding; child; child health; childbearing women; children health; chronotypes; contaminated areas; cosmopolitics; DDT; death certificates; determinants; dietary exposure risk; drought; dust; endocrine disruptors; environmental contamination; environmental exposure; environmental health; environmental impacts; environmental pollution; epidemiologic determinants; epidemiology; farmer; fish; food contaminants; GC-MS/MS; genetic polymorphism; gold mining; Good-Living; hazard quotient; health; health effects; health risk assessment; illegal mining; illegal mining activities; indigenous; indigenous people; indigenous populations; intergenerational relations; kidney diseases; maternal health; mental health; mercury; mercury exposure; metals; methylmercury exposure; mitigation measure; Monte Carlo; mortality; MSPD; multi-pollutant model; Munduruku; neurological abnormalities; neurological effects; neurotoxicity; nutrition; occupational exposure; occupational health; organochlorine; organochlorine compounds; organophosphorus; PER3 gene polymorphism; pesticide; pesticides; poisoning; polychlorinated biphenyls; poverty areas; pregnancy; pregnant women; probabilistic risk assessment; pyrethroids; return to work; rural population; seafood; social determinants; steel industry; tobacco; toxic metals; toxicology; umbilical cord; undernutrition; urban areas; urban residues; vaccine coverage; vocational rehabilitation; vulnerability; women; work-related musculoskeletal disorders; worker health
• Sommario/riassunto: Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, is a multicultural country with abundant biodiversity, forests, and water sources. The country has experienced rapid urbanization and industrialization in recent decades, creating considerable social and economic progress. However, countless environmental and occupational risks that follow unregulated development still threaten the health of exposed children and adults from urban and rural areas. Despite a complex scenario of exposure to multiple contaminants, studies on the impacts on human health and well-being are sorely needed. Thus, building up comprehensive evidence on environmental and occupational health in Brazil is crucial to improving practices and policies toward stronger social development. This Special Issue comprises cutting-edge epidemiological, clinical, and experimental studies, as well as literature reviews on all aspects of environmental and occupational health in Brazil. Studies on children, adults, and vulnerable populations related to toxicology, epidemiology, and public policies are especially welcomed. Manuscript topics include, but are not limited to, the adverse health effects of physical, chemical, and biological risks; exposure to air, water, soil and food pollution; metals and pesticides; organic solvents; dust; and climate change.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental and Occupational Health in Brazil
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910743280403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II