Environmental Burden of Disease Assessment

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline (Συγγραφέας), Brammer, Angela (Συγγραφέας), Davidson, Christopher (Συγγραφέας), Folley, Tiina (Συγγραφέας), Launay, Frederic (Συγγραφέας), Thomsen, Jens (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Environmental Science and Technology Library, 24
• Θέματα: Environment.; Public health.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental health.; Pollution.; Environmental Health.; Public Health.; Pollution, general.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards. The robust methods used in this risk analysis can be applied to any country or regio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Prioritizing Environmental Risks to Health- 3. Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease: Method Overview
• 4: Burden of Disease from Outdoor Air Pollution.- 5. Burden of Disease from Indoor Air Pollution
• 6. Burden of Disease from Occupational Exposures
• 7. Burden of Disease from Climate
• Change
• 8. Burden of Disease from Drinking Water Contamination
• 9. Burden of Disease from Coastal Water Pollution
• 10. Burden of Disease from Soil and Groundwater Contamination
• 11. Burden of Disease from Produce and Seafood Contamination.- 12: Applying Environmental Burden of Disease Predictions.