The silent epidemic : coal and the hidden threat to health /

Why our dependence on coal-produced energy is bad for our health: a physician maps the connections of burning coal to death and disease.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lockwood, Alan H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Coal > Environmental aspects.
Pollution > Health aspects.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Coal > Environmental aspects
Pollution > Health aspects
ENVIRONMENT/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Coal
  • The pollutants
  • From mine to ash
  • Mitigation of pollutants from burning coal
  • Pathophysiology: how pollution damages cells and tissues
  • Basic health considerations
  • Diseases of the respiratory system
  • Diseases of the cardiovascular system
  • Diseases of the nervous system
  • Health effects on the horizon
  • Coal, global warming, and health
  • Energy and health care economics
  • Policy implications.

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