Description: Understanding Environmental Health, How We Live In The World Maxwell 2009 PB. This innovative text takes a unique approach to presenting environmental health. Rather than being organized around the traditional regulatory fields, this book is structured around the things we do as individuals and societies that result in environmental health hazards. The author details the hazards of energy production, industry, food production, and the modern lifestyle, while exploring our place within the local and global community. Unlike other texts of its kind, Understanding Environmental Health tells a connected narrative, making the text engaging and accessible to a broad range of students with a variety of scientific backgrounds. Features: / Offers the most concise introduction to environmental health while providing all the essential information about the classic regulatory domains in environmental health. Presents a connected narrative, with chapters on the various things we do that create environmental health hazards. / Features an early chapter on the fundamental science and methods of environmental health as well as sidebars throughout that present small bites of general science information. Includes an extensive glossary of over 500 terms. A comprehensive companion Web site with student and instructor resources is available a Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 A Preview of Environmental Health. Chapter 2 The Science and Methods of Environmental Health . . . . . . . . . . .... 2.1 The Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants. 2.2 Toxicology: The Science of Poisons 2.3 Exposure Assessment: An Applied Science 2.4 Epidemiology: A Quantitative Research Method 2.5 Risk Assessment: A Regulatory Science 2.6 Risk Management: From Assessment to Action. 2.7 Risk Communication: Sharing Knowledge. 2.8 The Precautionary Principle in Environmental Health Study Questions References Chapter 3 Living with Other Species 3.1 Infectious Disease . 3.2 Poisons in Nature . 3.3 Allergy and Asthma Study Questions References. Chapter 4 Producing Energy ... 4.1 Energy from Fossil Fuels . . ... 4.2 Electricity from Nuclear Fuel .. wit . ix 1 .. 5 ..9 .. 18 .. 28 . . . . 37 ... 49 .. . . . . . 56 . . . 58 ... 61 .. 63 .. 63 ... 67 ... 68 ...92 .. . . 94 ... 96 .. 96 .. . 99 ... 101 ... 131
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Subject Area: Environmental health
Publication Name: Essentials of Environmental Health
Item Length: 10.9in.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett publishers
Subject: Environmental health
Publication Year: 2009
Series: Environmental health
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.6in.
Author: Nancy Irwin Maxwell
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Level: Technical, Advanced
Item Width: 8.5in.
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 410 Pages
