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Environmental epidemiology /
The impact of the environment on human health is of growing concern to the public, politicians and public health practitioners. Epidemiology offers a way of investigating and measuring potential hazards, from local sources of pollution to global climate changes. It allows real effects to be distingu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Maidenhead ; New York :
Open University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Understanding public health.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half title
- Series title
- Title
- Copyright
- TOC36;Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Over view of the book
- Section 1 Clusters
- CH36;Chapter 1 Investigation of a putative disease cluster
- CH36;Chapter 2 Geographical analysis of an industrial hazard
- CH36;Chapter 3 Analysis and interpretation of a single45;site cluster
- Section 2 Air pollution
- CH36;Chapter 4 Air pollution58; time45;series studies
- CH36;Chapter 5 Air pollution58; geographical studies
- Section 3 Radiation and hazardous waste
- CH36;Chapter 6 Ionizing radiation
- CH36;Chapter 7 Non45;ionizing radiation
- CH36;Chapter 8 Hazardous waste and congenital anomalies
- Section 4 Water and health
- CH36;Chapter 9 Water and health58; a world water crisis63;
- CH36;Chapter 10 Water and health58; wastewater use in agriculture
- Section 5 Climate change
- CH36;Chapter 11 Climate change58; principles
- CH36;Chapter 12 Climate change58; extreme weather events
- CH36;Chapter 13 Climate change58; vector45;borne diseases
- Section 6 Epidemiological evidence
- CH36;Chapter 14 Reviewing epidemiological evidence
- CH36;Chapter 15 Emerging trends
- Appendix 1 Clustering around a point source
- Appendix 2 Health guidelines for the use of wastewater in agriculture and aquaculture
- Appendix 3 Epidemiological formulae
- Glossary
- IDX36;Index
- Back Cover
- Last Page.