The two-volume Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition
provides a comprehensive but concise discussion of important
environmental health areas, including energy, ecology and people,
environmental epidemiology, risk assessment and risk management,
environmental law, air quality management, food protection, insect
control, rodent control, pesticides, chemical environment,
environmental economics, human disease and injury, occupational
health and safety, noise, radiation, recreational environment,
indoor environments, medical care institutions, schools and
universities, prisons, solid and hazardous waste management, water
supply, plumbing, swimming areas, sewage disposal, soils, water
pollution control, environmental health emergencies, and nuisance
complaints. The handbook presents background material that gives
students and professionals an understanding of the areas under
discussion and describes common problems and potential solutions.
Each volume includes illustrative graphs, graphs, computerized
drawings, inspection sheets, and flowcharts that consolidate or
clarify textual material. These books are neither engineering texts
nor comprehensive texts in each area of study. Their purpose is to
provide a solid working knowledge of each environmental health area
with sufficient detail for practitioners and students. The text can
be used in basic courses in environmental health, environmental
pollution, and ecology. For general areas of study, the instructor
can omit specific details, such as resources, standards, practices
and techniques, and modes of surveillance and evaluation.
Practitioners in a variety of environmental health and occupational
health and safety fields will find these volumes handy references
for resolving current problems and for obtaining a better
understanding of unfamiliar areas. Practitioners and administrators
in other areas, such as food processing, water-quality control,
occupational health and safety, and solid and hazardous waste
management, will also find these reference books useful. High
school teachers often must introduce environmental health topics in
their classes and yet have no specific background in this area.
They can be used as a text in graduate education courses for high
school teachers as well as a reference, the material divides easily
into two separate courses. In Volume I readers are introduced to
the underlying problems, basic concerns, and basic philosophy of
environmental health. The ecological, economic, and energy bases
provided help individuals understand their relationship to the
ecosystem and to the real world of economic and energy concerns. It
also provides an understanding of the role of government and the
environmental health practitioner in helping to resolve
environmental and ecological dilemmas created by humans. Chapter 2
on human health helps the reader understand the relationship
between biological, physical, and chemical agents, and disease and
injury causation. Volume II discusses the many varied facets of
terrorism and environmental emergencies, nuisances, and special
problems. Students may refer to other chapters of the text to
obtain a complete idea of each of the problems and the potential
solutions.
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