| Description |
xxiii, 471 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
|
regular print |
| Series |
EWS lib. ref. ; 80/26 |
|
Report (South Australia. Engineering and Water Supply Department) ; 80/26
|
| Contents |
Ch1. Environmental epidemiology / Neil Pearce and Alistair Woodward -- ch2. Toxicology / Andrew Langley, Peter Di Marco, and Gerard Neville -- ch3. An ecosystems approach / Margot Parkes and Philip Weinstein -- ch4. Demography / Graeme Hugo -- ch5. Microbiology / Richard Bentham -- ch6. Risk assessment / Andrew Langley -- ch7. Qualitative research methods / Therese Riley and Penelope Hawe -- ch8. Policy in the government context / Melissa Stoneham, Jim Dodds, and Kevin Buckett -- ch9. The psychology of risk judgements and decisions / Melissa L. Finucane -- ch10. The politics and practice of environmental reform / Neville Hicks -- ch11. Public health law / Chris Reynolds -- ch12. Monitoring and surveillance / Michael Moore and Glen Shaw -- ch13. Communicable disease control / Scott Cameron -- ch14. Health promotion and environmental health / Brian Oldenburg, Nicola Burton, and Elizabeth Parker -- ch15. Food safety / Gayle Savige, Fabian Dalais, Mark Wahlqvist, John Coveney, and Howard Fallowfield -- ch16. Water : health and resource issues / Nancy Cromar and Howard Fallowfield -- ch17. Air quality and health / Tord Kjellstrom -- ch18. Solid and hazardous wastes / William Clarke -- ch19. The assessment and management of contaminated land / Andrew Langley -- ch20. Hazardous chemicals / John Edwards -- ch21. Environmental health and radiation protection / Colin Roy, Peter Burns, and Ches Mason -- ch22. Noise / Tony Circelli -- ch23. The built environment / Trevor Goldner -- ch24. Pests and pest control / Peter Bailey, Dennis Hopkins, and Phil Weinstein -- ch25. Remote aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities : issues and strategies / Bronwyn Carson and Ross Bailie -- ch26. Environmental health : a global perspective / Alistair Woodward and Anthony McMichael |
| Summary |
This is an introductory textbook for the current and emerging needs of the environmental health professional. This book is unique in that its framework is based on Risk Assessment, a methodology adopted worldwide to address environmental health issues; and also in that it highlights environmental health issues applicable to Australia and New Zealand. This book provides a framework for assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing those aspects of human health that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in the environment |
| Analysis |
Public health |
|
Pollution |
|
Diseases |
|
Risk management |
|
New Zealand |
|
Environmental health |
| Notes |
Some copies of this book mention an accompanying CD ROM. This is incorrect, the case studies mentioned are on the companion website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Audience |
For university students |
| Subject |
South Australia. Engineering and Water Supply Department. Personnel Branch
|
|
Health risk assessment -- Australia.
|
|
Environmental health -- Australia.
|
|
Environmental health -- New Zealand.
|
|
Public health -- New Zealand.
|
|
Public health -- Australia.
|
|
Environmental health -- Australia -- Textbooks.
|
|
Environmental health -- New Zealand -- Textbooks.
|
|
Public Health.
|
|
Environmental Health.
|
|
Environmental Health.
|
| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
|
New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520 |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
|
| Author |
Fallowfield, Howard.
|
|
Cromar, Nancy.
|
|
Cameron, Scott, 1941-
|
|
South Australia. Engineering and Water Supply Department.
|
| LC no. |
00002491 |
| ISBN |
0195510046 : |
|
9780195510041 paperback |
|
