Environmental Health From Global to Local.

Environmental Health From Global to Local.

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Auteur principal: Frumkin, Howard
Format: eBook
Langue:English
Publié: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Collection:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Sujets:
Environmental health.
Health risk assessment.
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Dedication
  • Tables, Figures, Text Boxes, and Tox Boxes
  • The Editor
  • The Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Potential Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Health: From Global to Local
  • References
  • Part 1: Methods and Paradigms
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental Health
  • What Is Environmental Health?
  • The Evolution of Environmental Health
  • Spatial Scales, from Global to Local
  • The Forces that Drive Environmental Health
  • Key Terms
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • For Further Information
  • Chapter 2: Ecology and Ecosystems as Foundational for Health
  • Environment as Ecology: Ecology as the Study of Our Home
  • Population Ecology
  • Community Ecology
  • Ecosystem Ecology
  • Systems Thinking: From Ecology to Human Health
  • Features of Our Home: Ecological Characteristics as Foundational for Health
  • Toward Ecological Approaches to Health and Home
  • Summary
  • Key Terms
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • For Further Information
  • Chapter 3: Sustainability and Health
  • Historical Considerations of Sustainability
  • Sustainable Human Well-Being and the Three-Legged Stool
  • Drivers of Nonsustainability, Limits to Growth, and Collapse
  • What Should Concern Us More: Population Growth Or Consumerism?
  • Limits to Growth
  • Human Societal Collapse? Prevention Through Systems Thinking and Early Action
  • The Importance of Scale
  • The Way Forward
  • Summary
  • Key Terms
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • For Further Information
  • Chapter 4: Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
  • A Primer on Epidemiology
  • Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
  • Future Directions
  • Summary
  • Key Terms
  • Discussion Questions
  • From Regulatory Toxicology to Public Health Policy
  • Summary
  • Key Terms
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • For Further Information
  • Chapter 7: Genes, Genomics, and Environmental Health
  • Fundamental Concepts of Genetics and Genomics
  • Approaches for Identifying Gene-Environment Interactions
  • Examples of Gene-Environment Interactions in the Real World
  • Summary
  • Key Terms
  • Discussion Questions
  • References
  • For Further Information
  • Chapter 8: Exposure Science, Industrial Hygiene, and Exposure Assessment
  • Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation, and Control

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