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Environmental Determinants of Human Health

Polluted air and contaminated food and water are major causes of human health deterioration, but public health policy has long struggled to effectively address these concerns. This timely book-written for a wide audience of policy makers, researchers, and general readers-synthesizes what we already...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Pacyna, Jozef M. (Editor ), Pacyna, Elisabeth G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Molecular and Integrative Toxicology,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Sources and Fluxes of harmful metals
  • Exposure to environmental hazards and effects on chronic disease
  • Human exposure to pollutants and their health endpoints. The Arctic perspective
  • Effects of pollutant exposure on human health as studied with selected EU projects
  • Organic metal species as risk factor for neurological diseases
  • Integrated Assessment of Policies for Reducing Health Impacts Caused by Air Pollution
  • Monetary and non-monetary measures of health benefits from exposure reduction
  • Capturing the health effects of environmental and industrial policy in a macroeconomic model
  • Transition to a Low Carbon Economy; Impacts to Health and the Environment
  • Unmasking environmental health Zorros: the need for involvement of real risk communication experts for two-way and problem-solving communication approaches
  • Citizen participation approaches in environmental health
  • Environment and Health Research Funded by the European Union (EU) Research Framework Programmes: Increasing Scientific Knowledge and Building a Solid Evidence-Base for Policy Making.