Environmental health : from global to local /

The second edition of Environmental Health: From Global to Local, a comprehensive introductory text, offers an overview of the methodology and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from ecology to epidemiology, from toxicology to environmental psychology, and from genetics to ethics. Expert co...

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Other Authors: Frumkin, Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2010]
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The second edition of Environmental Health: From Global to Local, a comprehensive introductory text, offers an overview of the methodology and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from ecology to epidemiology, from toxicology to environmental psychology, and from genetics to ethics. Expert contributors discuss the major issues in contemporary environmental health: air, water, food safety, occupational health, radiation, chemical and physical hazards, vector control, and injuries. Also emphasizing a wide variety of issues of global interest, the thoroughly revised second edition contains updated information on such timely topics as toxicology, exposure assessment, climate change, population pressure, developing nations and urbanization, energy production, building and community design, solid and hazardous waste, and disaster preparedness. In addition, each chapter of Environmental Health includes learning objectives, key points, and discussion questions.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (lvii, 1221 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0470567767
9780470567760
9781282490864 (MyiLibrary)
1282490869 (MyiLibrary)