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Environmental Health: From Global to Local, 2nd Edition

Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, PhD (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-56778-4
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January 2010, Jossey-Bass
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Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.

The Editor.

The Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Howard Frumkin

PART ONE: METHODS AND PARADIGMS.

1. Ecology and Human Health (Bruce Wilcox and Holly Jessop).

2. Toxicology (Jason R. Richardson and Gary W. Miller).

3. Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (Kyle Steenland and Christine Moe).

4. Exposure Assessment, Industrial Hygiene, and Environmental Management (P. Barry Ryan).

5. Environmental Psychology (Daniel Stokols and Chip Clitheroe).

6. Genetics and Environmental Health (Samuel H. Wilson and William A. Suk).

7. Environmental Health Ethics (Andrew Jameton).

8. Environmental Justice (Charles Lee).

PART TWO: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE GLOBAL SCALE.

9. Population Pressure (Don Hinrichsen).

10. Climate Change (Jonathan A. Patz).

11. Developing Nations (Jerome Nriagu, Jaymie Meliker, and Markey Johnson).

PART THREE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE REGIONAL SCALE.

12. Air Pollution (Michelle L. Bell and Jonathan M. Samet).

13. Energy Production (Jeremy J. Hess).

14. Healthy Cities (Sarah K. Heaton, John M. Balbus, James W. Keck, and Andrew L. Dannenberg).

15. Water and Health (Timothy Ford).

PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE LOCAL SCALE.

16. Solid and Hazardous Waste (Sven Rodenbeck, Kenneth Orloff, and Henry Falk).

17. Pest Control and Pesticides (Mark G. Robson, George C. Hamilton, and Wattasit Siriwong).

18. Food Safety (David McSwane).

19. Healthy Buildings (Howard Frumkin).

20. Workplace Health and Safety (Melissa Perry and Howard Hu).

21. Radiation (Arthur C. Upton).

22. Injuries (Jeremy J. Hess and Junaid A. Razzak).

23. Disaster Preparedness (Mark E. Keim).

24. Nature Contact: A Health Benefit (Howard Frumkin)?

25. Children (Maida P. Galvez, Joel Forman, and Philip J. Landrigan).

PART FIVE: THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

26. Practicing Prevention in Environmental Health (Lynn R. Goldman).

27. Environmental Health Practice (Sarah Kotchian and Robert J. Laumbach).

28. Geographic Information Systems (Lance A. Waller).

29. Risk Assessment (Scott Bartell).

30. Environmental Health Policy (A. Stanley Meiburg).

31. Risk Communication (Vincent T. Covello).

32. Legal Remedies (Douglas A. Henderson).

Index.