Sterols as bio-markers for waste impact and source characterization in stream sediment.Expand your environmental health library with the addition of these two volumes, or choose the volume that best suits your educational needs. Volume II contains information on the outdoor environment, which this feature article pertains to. Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition Herman Koren and Michael S. Bisesi (2003) For over 20 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time two-volume Handbook of Environmental Health has been a standard reference. Now it has been completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest developments and discoveries in this constantly changing and evolving field. Focusing on factors generally associated with the indoor environment, Volume 1 of the fourth edition begins by providing a significant understanding of basic new environmental issues, as well as * energy, practical microbiology, and chemistry; * risk assessment; * emerging infectious diseases An emerging infectious disease (EID) is an infectious disease whose incidence has increased in the past 20 years and threatens to increase in the near future. EIDs include diseases caused by a newly identified microorganism or newly identified strain of a known microorganism (e.g. ; * recent laws; * emerging microorganisms; * toxicology toxicology, study of poisons, or toxins, from the standpoint of detection, isolation, identification, and determination of their effects on the human body. Toxicology may be considered the branch of pharmacology devoted to the study of the poisonous effects of drugs. ; * epidemiology; * human physiology Human physiology is the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed. The principal level of focus of physiology is at the level of organs and systems. ; and * the effects of the environment on humans. The remainder of the chapters in this volume discuss a variety of indoor environmental issues, including food safety, food technology, insect and rodent control, indoor air quality Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the content of interior air that could affect health and comfort of building occupants. The IAQ may be compromised by microbial contaminants (mold, bacteria), chemicals (such as carbon monoxide, radon), allergens, or any mass or energy stressor , hospital environments, home environments, injury control, pesticides, industrial hygiene, and instrumentation. Volume II focuses on factors generally associated with the outdoor environment. It addresses issues such as * toxic air pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. and air quality control; * risk assessment; * solid and hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. problems and controls; * safe-drinking-water problems and standards; * onsite and public sewage problems and control; * plumbing hazards; * air, water, and solid waste programs; * technology transfer; * geographic information systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to and mapping; * bioterrorism and security; * disaster emergency health programs; and * ocean dumping. Handbook of Environmental Health is a study reference for NEHA's R.E.H.S./R.S. exam. Please note that you can now purchase the volumes individually. Set is Volume I, 794 pages, hardcover, and Volume II, 876 pages, hardcover. Member: $269.95. Nonmember: $294.95. Catalog #215. Volume I only: Member: $139.95. Nonmember: $163.25. Catalog #215A. Volume II only: Member: $139.95. Nonmember: $163.25. Catalog #215B. |
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