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ffirs.qxd 7/13/05 11:35 AM Page iii Y ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH From Global to Local Howard Frumkin, Editor ffirs.qxd 7/13/05 11:35 AM Page ii ffirs.qxd 7/13/05 11:35 AM Page i ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ffirs.qxd 7/13/05 11:35 AM Page ii ffirs.qxd 7/13/05 11:35 AM Page iii Y ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH From Global to Local Howard Frumkin, Editor ffirs.qxd 7/13/05 11:35 AM Page iv Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley & Sons,Inc.All rights reserved. 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Jossey-Bass also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats.Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Environmental health :from global to local / Howard Frumkin,editor. p.;cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7879-7383-1 (alk.paper) 1.Environmental health.2. Health risk assessment. I.Frumkin, Howard. [DNLM: 1.Environmental Health. 2.Environmental Exposure. WA 30 E915 2005] RA565.E482 2006 616.9'8—dc22 2005010360 Printed in the United States of America FIRSTEDITION HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ftoc.qxd 7/13/05 10:37 AM Page v CONTENTS Tables and Figures ix The Editor xvii The Contributors xix Introduction xxix Howard Frumkin PART ONE: METHODS AND PARADIGMS 1 1 Ecology and Human Health 3 John Wegner 2 Toxicology 24 Jason R. Richardson, Gary W. Miller 3 Epidemiology 46 Kyle Steenland, Christine Moe 4 Exposure Assessment, Industrial Hygiene, and Environmental Management 72 P. Barry Ryan v ftoc.qxd 7/13/05 10:37 AM Page vi vi Contents 5 Environmental Psychology 96 Daniel Stokols, Chip Clitheroe 6 Genetics and Environmental Health 128 Samuel H. Wilson 7 Environmental Health Ethics 143 Andrew Jameton 8 Environmental Justice 170 Charles Lee 9 Religious Approaches to Environmental Health 197 Daniel J. Swartz PART TWO: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE GLOBAL SCALE 219 10 Population Pressure 221 Don Hinrichsen 11 Climate Change 238 Jonathan A. Patz 12 War 269 Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel 13 Developing Nations 288 Jerome Nriagu, Jaymie Meliker, Mary Johnson PART THREE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE REGIONAL SCALE 329 14 Air Pollution 331 Michelle L. Bell, Jonathan M. Samet 15 Energy Production 362 Richard Rheingans ftoc.qxd 7/13/05 10:37 AM Page vii Contents vii 16 Urbanization 387 Sandro Galea, David Vlahov 17 Transportation and Health 414 John Balbus, Dushana Yoganathan Triola 18 Water and Health 454 Timothy Ford PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ON THE LOCAL SCALE 517 19 Solid and Hazardous Waste 519 Sven Rodenbeck, Kenneth Orloff, Harvey Rogers, Henry Falk 20 Pest Control and Pesticides 544 Mark G. Robson, George C. Hamilton 21 Food Safety 581 David McSwane 22 Indoor Air 625 Michael J. Hodgson 23 Workplace Health and Safety 648 Melissa Perry, Howard Hu 24 Radiation 683 Arthur C. Upton 25 Injuries 715 Junaid A. Razzak, Jeremy J. Hess, Arthur L. Kellermann 26 Disaster Preparedness 745 Eric K. Noji, Catherine Y. Lee 27 Nature Contact: A Health Benefit? 781 Howard Frumkin 28 Children 805 Maida Galvez, Joel Forman, Philip J. Landrigan ftoc.qxd 7/13/05 10:37 AM Page viii viii Contents PART FIVE: THE PRACTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 847 29 Prevention 849 Joel A. Tickner 30 The Practice of Environmental Health 895 Sarah Kotchian 31 Geographic Information Systems 926 Lance A. Waller 32 Risk Assessment 940 Scott Bartell 33 Environmental Health Policy 961 Barry L. Johnson 34 Risk Communication 988 Vincent T. Covello 35 Health Care Services 1010 Robert Laumbach, Howard M. Kipen 36 Legal Remedies 1032 Douglas A. Henderson Name Index 1067 Subject Index 1081
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