Environmental and occupational health : from local to global

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 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 vi Contents 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 Contents vii 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