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Title Environmental burden of disease assessment : a case study in the United Arab Emirates / Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson [and others]
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Environmental science and technology library, 1382-3124 ; v. 24
Environmental science and technology library ; v. 24.
Contents Introduction -- Prioritizing Environmental Risks to Health -- Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease: Method Overview -- Burden of Disease from Outdoor Air Pollution -- Burden of Disease from Indoor Air Pollution -- Burden of Disease from Occupational Exposures -- Burden of Disease from Climate Change -- Burden of Disease from Drinking Water Contamination -- Burden of Disease from Coastal Water Pollution -- Burden of Disease from Soil and Groundwater Contamination -- Burden of Disease from Produce and Seafood Contamination -- Applying Environmental Burden of Disease Models to Strengthen Public Policy
Summary This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards. The robust methods used in this risk analysis can be applied to any country or region. This publication documents the systematic, multi-step process used to identify environmental priorities and the detailed methods used to quantify the disease burden attributable to each risk. Based on the results of the burden of disease assessment, the publication summarizes the subsequent steps that are recommended to further reduce the burden of disease resulting from various environmental risk factors
Analysis Environmental sciences
Public health
Environmental law
Environmental Medicine
Environmental Health
Pollution, general
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Environmental health -- United Arab Emirates -- Case studies
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Environmental health
United Arab Emirates
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline.
ISBN 9789400759251
9400759258
9789400759244
940075924X