Life support : the environment and human health /
A solutions-oriented examination of the connections between environmental degradation and human health. Life Support brings together the best medical information available on the implications for human health of the global environmental crisis. Written by prominent physicians and public health exper...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2002.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780262279338 0262279339 0585436703 9780585436708 9780262252737 0262252732 9780262134149 0262134144 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Environment, health, and risk / Michael McCally
- Urban and transboundary air pollution / David C. Christiani and Mark A. Woodin
- Water quality and water resources / John M. Balbus
- Human health and heavy metals exposure / Howard Hu
- Population, consumption, and human health / J. Joseph Speidel
- Global climate change and health / Andrew Haines, Anthony J. McMichaeal and Paul R. Epstein
- Species loss and ecosystem disruption / Eric Chivian
- Ozone depletion and ultraviolet radiation / Frank R. de Gruijl and Jan C. van der Leun
- Environmental endocrine disruption / Gina M. Solomon and Ted Schettler
- Body burdens of industrial chemicals in the general population / Joe Thornton, Michael McCally, and Jeff Howard
- Cancer and the environment / Richard W. Clapp
- Radiation and health / Maureen Hatch and Michael McCally
- The science of risk assessment / John C. Bailar III and A. John Bailer
- The precautionary principle / Ted Schettler, Katherine Barrett, and Carolyn Raffensperger
- Vulnerable populations / Philip Landrigan and Anjali Garg
- War and the environment / Jennifer Leaning
- Sustainable health care and emerging ethical responsibilities / Andrew Jameton and Jessica Pierce.