Main description:

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Second Edition, Six Volume Set presents the newest release in this fundamental reference that updates and broadens the umbrella of environmental health, especially social and environmental health for its readers. There is ongoing revolution in governance, policies and intervention strategies aimed at evolving changes in health disparities, disease burden, trans-boundary transport and health hazards. This new edition reflects these realities, mapping new directions in the field that include how to minimize threats and develop new scientific paradigms that address emerging local, national and global environmental concerns.

Contents:

Noise Pollution: Exposure and Health Effects Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Health Pollution Sources and Human Health Environmental Epidemiology Water Quality and Quantity Global Environmental Health Country and Area Specific Environmental Health Issues Disparities and Social Determinants of Environmental Health Metals/Metalloids: Exposure and Health Effects Environmental Microbiology Guidelines and Regulations Air Pollution and Human Health