ABSTRACT

Environmental Medicine is an indispensable aid to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of environmentally-acquired disorders. It brings into sharp focus the increasing importance of the practice of environmental medicine, drawing together the many different strands that make up this modern discipline, and putting topical and

part |2 pages

PART 1 BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

part |2 pages

PART 2 METHODOLOGY

chapter 4|30 pages

Hazard and risk: assessment and management

chapter 5|16 pages

Chemical exposure assessment

chapter 7|8 pages

Measuring the atmosphere

part |2 pages

PART 3 HEALTH EFFECTS

chapter |58 pages

Section E: Vector and skin-borne diseases

chapter |32 pages

Section H: Diseases influenced by climate

chapter |32 pages

Section I: Pressure

chapter |20 pages

Section J: Land

chapter |40 pages

Section K: Radiant energy

part |2 pages

PART 4 ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE