Environmental Pollutant Exposures and Public Health

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78801-895-1
Verlag: RSC Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Issues in Environmental Science and Technology

Both genes and environment have profound effects upon our health. While some environmental factors such as polluted air are high in the public consciousness, there are many other pathways for people’s exposure to toxic chemicals, such as through food, water and contaminated land. It is not only chemicals that can affect health; environmental radioactivity, pathogenic organisms and our changing climate also have implications for public health, and all contribute to the global burden of disease, leading to both disability and deaths of millions of people annually across the world. An understanding of the pathways of environmental exposure, and its effects upon health is key to developing regulations and behaviours that reduce or prevent exposure, and the consequent impacts upon health.

Covering topics from dietary exposure to chemicals through to the health effects of climate change, this book brings together contributors from around the world to highlight the latest science on the impacts of environmental pollutant exposure upon public health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, R M

Weitere Mitwirkende

Khare, Mukesh

Lam, Hubert

Kay, David

Kibble, Andrew

Dorne, Jean-Lou

Gore, Andrea

Ebi, Kirstie L

Holgate, Stephen

Wakeford, Richard

Huang, Lei

Voulvoulis, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Umweltfaktoren in der Medizin
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dietary exposures to chemicals and health; Chemical pollution of the aquatic environment and health; Microbiological contamination of water and health; Outdoor and indoor air pollutant exposure; The effects of air pollution upon public health; The effects of indoor air pollution on children’s health; Contaminated land and human health; Environmental radiation and health; Endocrine disrupting chemicals and health; Consumer products as a source of human exposure to chemicals; Climate change and health

Über Autor(innen)

Harrison, R M
Roy Harrison OBE is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham. In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science. Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.

Professor Roy Harrison OBE is listed by ISI Thomson Scientific (on ISI Web of Knowledge) as a Highly Cited Researcher in the Environmental Science/Ecology category. He has an h-index of 84 (i.e. 84 of his papers have received 84 or more citations in the literature). In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science in the New Year Honours List and in 2017 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was profiled by the Journal of Environmental Monitoring (Vol 5, pp 39N-41N, 2003). Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.