Environmental Health: From Global to Local (Public Health Environmental Health)

1166 Pages·2005·8.12 MB·English

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ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
From Global to Local
Howard Frumkin, Editor
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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From Global to Local
Howard Frumkin, Editor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Environmental health :from global to local / Howard Frumkin,editor.
p.;cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7879-7383-1 (alk.paper)
1.Environmental health.2. Health risk assessment. I.Frumkin,
Howard.
[DNLM: 1.Environmental Health. 2.Environmental Exposure.
WA 30 E915 2005]
RA565.E482 2006
616.9'8—dc22
2005010360
Printed in the United States of America
FIRSTEDITION
HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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CONTENTS
Tables and Figures ix
The Editor xvii
The Contributors xix
Introduction xxix
Howard Frumkin
PART ONE: METHODS AND PARADIGMS 1
1 Ecology and Human Health 3
John Wegner
2 Toxicology 24
Jason R. Richardson, Gary W. Miller
3 Epidemiology 46
Kyle Steenland, Christine Moe
4 Exposure Assessment, Industrial Hygiene, and Environmental
Management 72
P. Barry Ryan
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5 Environmental Psychology 96
Daniel Stokols, Chip Clitheroe
6 Genetics and Environmental Health 128
Samuel H. Wilson
7 Environmental Health Ethics 143
Andrew Jameton
8 Environmental Justice 170
Charles Lee
9 Religious Approaches to Environmental Health 197
Daniel J. Swartz
PART TWO: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE GLOBAL
SCALE 219
10 Population Pressure 221
Don Hinrichsen
11 Climate Change 238
Jonathan A. Patz
12 War 269
Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel
13 Developing Nations 288
Jerome Nriagu, Jaymie Meliker, Mary Johnson
PART THREE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE REGIONAL
SCALE 329
14 Air Pollution 331
Michelle L. Bell, Jonathan M. Samet
15 Energy Production 362
Richard Rheingans
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16 Urbanization 387
Sandro Galea, David Vlahov
17 Transportation and Health 414
John Balbus, Dushana Yoganathan Triola
18 Water and Health 454
Timothy Ford
PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE LOCAL
SCALE 517
19 Solid and Hazardous Waste 519
Sven Rodenbeck, Kenneth Orloff, Harvey Rogers, Henry Falk
20 Pest Control and Pesticides 544
Mark G. Robson, George C. Hamilton
21 Food Safety 581
David McSwane
22 Indoor Air 625
Michael J. Hodgson
23 Workplace Health and Safety 648
Melissa Perry, Howard Hu
24 Radiation 683
Arthur C. Upton
25 Injuries 715
Junaid A. Razzak, Jeremy J. Hess, Arthur L. Kellermann
26 Disaster Preparedness 745
Eric K. Noji, Catherine Y. Lee
27 Nature Contact: A Health Benefit? 781
Howard Frumkin
28 Children 805
Maida Galvez, Joel Forman, Philip J. Landrigan
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PART FIVE: THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 847
29 Prevention 849
Joel A. Tickner
30 The Practice of Environmental Health 895
Sarah Kotchian
31 Geographic Information Systems 926
Lance A. Waller
32 Risk Assessment 940
Scott Bartell
33 Environmental Health Policy 961
Barry L. Johnson
34 Risk Communication 988
Vincent T. Covello
35 Health Care Services 1010
Robert Laumbach, Howard M. Kipen
36 Legal Remedies 1032
Douglas A. Henderson
Name Index 1067
Subject Index 1081