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• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Tables, Figures, Text Boxes, and Tox Boxes
• The Editor
• The Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Potential Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Health: From Global to Local
• Part 1 Methods and Paradigms
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Environmental Health
• What Is Environmental Health?
• The Evolution of Environmental Health
• Spatial Scales, from Global to Local
• The Forces that Drive Environmental Health
• Key Terms
• Chapter 2 Ecology and Ecosystems as Foundational for Health
• Environment as Ecology: Ecology as the Study of Our Home
• Population Ecology
• Community Ecology
• Ecosystem Ecology
• Systems Thinking: From Ecology to Human Health
• Features of Our Home: Ecological Characteristics as Foundational for Health
• Toward Ecological Approaches to Health and Home
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 3 Sustainability and Health
• Historical Considerations of Sustainability
• Sustainable Human Well-Being and the Three-Legged Stool
• Drivers of Nonsustainability, Limits to Growth, and Collapse
• What Should Concern Us More: Population Growth Or Consumerism?
• Limits to Growth
• Human Societal Collapse? Prevention Through Systems Thinking and Early Action
• The Importance of Scale
• The Way Forward
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 4 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
• A Primer on Epidemiology
• Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
• Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
• Future Directions
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 5 Geospatial Data for Environmental Health
• Components of Georeferenced Data
• Basic GIS Operations
• Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Exposure
• Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Disease Risk
• What Makes Good Maps of Good Data?
• What Can We Do with GIS?
• Are There Any Limitations?
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 6 Toxicology
• Introduction to Toxicology
• Toxicology and Environmental Public Health
• Toxicant Classifications
• Testing Compounds for Toxicity
• From Regulatory Toxicology to Public Health Policy
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 7 Genes, Genomics, and Environmental Health
• Fundamental Concepts of Genetics and Genomics
• Approaches for Identifying Gene-Environment Interactions
• Examples of Gene-Environment Interactions in the Real World
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 8 Exposure Science, Industrial Hygiene, and Exposure Assessment
• Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation, and Control
• Exposure Science
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 9 Environmental Psychology
• Environmental Psychology and Toxicology
• Environmental Psychology Processes
• So What? Interventions That Work
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 10 Environmental Health Ethics
• Defining Ethics and Morals
• The Modern Philosophical Background
• Professionalism
• Expanding Horizons and Challenges
• Implications for Professional Ethics
• Concluding Discussion
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 11 Environmental Justice and Vulnerable Populations
• The Roots of Environmental Justice
• Elements of Environmental Justice
• From Research to Action on Environmental Justice
• Social Inequality and Environmental Quality
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Part 2 Environmental Health on the Global Scale
• Chapter 12 Climate Change and Human Health
• Greenhouse Gases
• A Warming Earth: From Past to Future
• Earth System Changes
• Food and Malnutrition
• Weather Extremes and Disasters
• Air Pollution
• Infectious Diseases
• Mental Health Effects
• The Public Health Response to Climate Change
• Climate Change as a Public Issue
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Part 3 Environmental Health on the Regional Scale
• Chapter 13 Air Pollution
• History of Air Pollution
• Types of Ambient Air Pollution
• Studies of Air Pollution and Health
• Sources and Effects of Outdoor Pollutants
• Air Pollution Prevention and Control
• Larger Effects of Regional Air Pollution
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 14 Energy and Human Health
• Household Energy
• Fossil Fuels
• Nuclear Energy
• Renewable Sources of Energy
• Energy Conservation and Efficiency
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 15 Healthy Communities
• The History of Cities
• Poverty and Industrialization in Cities
• The Modern Metropolis: Consumption and Urban Sprawl
• Community Design and Health
• Cities as Healthy Human Habitats
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 16 Water and Health
• The Role of Water in Life
• Regulatory Framework
• Risk Characterization for Water Contaminants
• Emerging Issues
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Part 4 Environmental Health on the Local Scale
• Chapter 17 Solid and Hazardous Waste
• Solid Waste
• Solid Waste Management Strategies
• Primary Prevention of Waste
• Waste Treatment and Disposal
• Health Concerns
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 18 Pest Control and Pesticides
• Insect Pests
• Vertebrate Pests
• Pesticides
• Integrated Pest Management
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 19 Food Systems, the Environment, and Public Health
• What Is the Food System?
• Food Production: Industrial Agriculture
• Industrial Food Animal Production
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Food Consumption and Food Environments
• Food Safety and Environmental Health: A Systems Perspective
• Making Change: Food System Policy
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 20 Buildings and Health
• The Range of Buildings
• Key Elements of a Healthy Building
• Toward Safe, Healthy Buildings
• Architecture, Environment, and Human Health
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 21 Work, Health, and Well-Being
• The Interaction of Work and Health
• Protecting Safety and Health on the Job
• Workers’ Compensation
• Sustainability
• Globalization
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 22 Radiation
• Nonionizing Radiations
• Ionizing Radiation: The Basics
• Sources of Ionizing Radiation Exposure
• Cellular and Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
• Human Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation
• Radiation Protection
• Assessing Radiation Risks
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 23 Injuries
• Injury Prevention and Control
• Policy for Injury Prevention and Control
• Injury Prevention in Practice
• Injury Control in Special Settings
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 24 Environmental Disasters
• Scope of the Problem
• The Public Health Consequences of Environmental Disasters
• Disaster Risk and Its Determinants
• Managing Disaster Risk
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 25 Nature Contact
• The Links Between Nature and Human Health
• Domains of Nature Contact
• The Greening of Environmental Health
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Part 5 The Practice of Environmental Health
• Chapter 26 Environmental Public Health: From Theory to Practice
• Concepts of Environmental Health Prevention
• Principles of Prevention in Environmental Public Health
• Core Functions of Environmental Public Health
• Environmental Public Health Systems
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 27 Risk Assessment in Environmental Health
• History
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Management and Communication
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Chapter 28 Communicating Environmental Health
• Communication, Social Marketing, and Environmental Health
• Environmental Risk Communication
• Summary
• Key Terms
• Index
• EULA