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Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Environmental health has evolved over time into a complex, multidisciplinary field. Many of the key determinants and solutions to environmental health problems lie outside the di… Read more

Description

Environmental health has evolved over time into a complex, multidisciplinary field. Many of the key determinants and solutions to environmental health problems lie outside the direct realm of health and are strongly dependent on environmental changes, water and sanitation, industrial development, education, employment, trade, tourism, agriculture, urbanization, energy, housing and national security. Environmental risks, vulnerability and variability manifest themselves in different ways and at different time scales. While there are shared global and transnational problems, each community, country or region faces its own unique environmental health problems, the solution of which depends on circumstances surrounding the resources, customs, institutions, values and environmental vulnerability. This work contains critical reviews and assessments of environmental health practices and research that have worked in places and thus can guide programs and economic development in other countries or regions.

The Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Five Volume Set seeks to conceptualize the subject more clearly, to describe the best available scientific methods that can be used in characterizing and managing environmental health risks, to extend the field of environmental health through new theoretical perspectives and heightened appreciation of social, economic and political contexts, and to encourage a richer analysis in the field through examples of diverse experiences in dealing with the health-environment interface.

Key features

  • The Encyclopedia of Environmental Health contains numerous examples of policy options and environmental health practices that have worked and thus can guide programs in other countries or regions
  • It includes a wide range of tools and strategies that can assist communities and countries in assessing environmental health conditions, monitoring progress of intervention implementation and evaluating outcomes
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of existing knowledge in this emerging field
  • Articles contain summaries and assessments of environmental health practices and research, providing a framework for further research
  • Places environmental health in the broader context of environmental change and related ecological, political, economic, social, and cultural issues

Readership

Practitioners, researchers and public and private sector employees Advanced undergraduate and post graduate students

Table of contents

The material in the Encyclopedia is arranged as a series of articles in alphabetical order. Subject Classifications are as follows: Assessment of Exposure to Environmental RisksChildren's Health and the Environment Climate Change and Human HealthCost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental HealthCountry and Area Specific Environmental Health IssuesDisinfection ByProductsDisparities and Social Determinants of Environmental HealthEcohealthEnvironmental CancersEnvironmental Health Emergencies Environmental Health ManagementEnvironmental Risk Factors for Communicable DiseaseEthics in Environmental Health Research and PracticeFood QualityGene-Environment InteractionsGlobalization and Environmental HealthHistorical AspectsIndoor Air Pollution: Health EffectsIonising and Non-ionising Radiation: Health EffectsMeasures of Community Disease BurdenMetals/Metalloids: Exposure and Health EffectsNoise Pollution: Exposure and Health EffectsOutdoor Air Pollution: Health EffectsPersistent Organic PollutantsPersonal Care Products and PharmaceuticalsPesticides: Human Exposure and ToxicityPollution Sources and Human HealthRecent Technological Advancements in Environmental Health SciencesSolid Waste, Wastewater, Sludge and Human HealthTarget Organ Toxicity of Environmental PollutantsUrban Environment and Human HealthWater Quality and Quantity

Review quotes

"This set, weighing in at five volumes, attempts to embrace a multidisciplinary and splintered field. The emphasis is on public health problems: description, detection, evaluation, control, and prevention. This involves toxicology, waste management, water and air quality, pesticides, radiation, noise, and communicable diseases. The 450 articles submitted by over 700 international contributors are alphabetically arranged by title. The articles are classified under 30 subject areas appearing at the beginning of each volume, and the set has an extensive 270-page index. Articles range from 3,000 to over 10,000 words, and many include high-quality graphics and tables. Each article starts with a list of abbreviations; some also have glossaries. Similar articles are cross-reference…. Summing up: Recommended."—CHOICE, December 2011

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About the editor

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Jerome O. Nriagu

Jerome Nriagu is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Health and Research Professor Emeritus at the Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Michigan, where he directed the environmental health program for over two decades. Earlier, he was a Senior Research Scientist with Environment Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on metals in the environment, environmental justice, and global environmental health, with fieldwork conducted across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Nriagu has authored or edited thirty books and more than three hundred articles, and from 2000 to 2008 was among the most-cited scientists in Environmental Studies and Ecology. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Science of the Total Environment for over 25 years, Editor-in-Chief of the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, and Founding Editor of Global Health Perspectives. His honors include the Alexander von Humboldt Distinguished Research Award, an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Alberta, and Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health and Research Professor Emeritus, Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Michigan, USA

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