Decision-making in environmental health : from evidence to action / / edited by C. Corvalan, D. Briggs, and G. Zielhuis

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : E & FN Spon, , 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.9/02
• Soggetto topico: Environmental health - Decision making; Environmental health
• Altri autori: CorvalanC (Carlos) BriggsDavid J <1948-> (David John) ZielhuisG (Gerhard)
• Note generali: Published on behalf of the World Health Organization.; Published simultaneously in Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Decision-making in environmental health
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910222242803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II