Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 728 g
Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 728 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-509564-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This book gives a comprehensive survey of the epidemiology of common environmental exposures, including diet, water, particulates in outdoor air, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, environmental tobacco smoke, radon in homes, electromagnetic fields, and lead. Design and analysis issues, risk assessment and meta-analysis, and future directions in environmental epidemiology are also covered. All chapters provide a review of the literature as well as a discussion of important methodologic issues, particularly exposure assessment and statistical methods. The book's focus is on environmental exposures that are suspected of causing disease, but often remain controversial. Most of these exposures are widespread and low-level, and are thought to increase the risk of chronic diseases that have many causes. Although the disease risks due to these exposures may be low, the public health burden may be important because large numbers of people are exposed. Such exposures are inherently difficult to detect via observational epidemiology. This book seeks to clarify the challenges involved and suggests ways to move forward. It will be useful to students and practitioners of public health, environmental health, and epidemiology.
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- 1.: Kyle Steenland (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) and David Savitz (University of North Carolina): Introduction
- 2.: Kyle Steenland and Jim Deddens (University of Cincinnati): Design and Analysis of Studies in Environmental Epidemiology
- 3.: Catherine Wright (University of California, Berkeley), Peggy Lopipero (University of California, Berkeley), and Allan Smith (University of California, Berkeley): Meta-analysis and Risk Assessment
- 4.: Manuel Posada de la Paz (Ministeria de Sanidad y Consumo): Diet and Food Contaminants
- 5.: David Savitz and Christine Moe (University of North Carolina): Water: Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Infectious Agents
- 6.: Kevin Dockery (Harvard University School of Public Health) and C. Arden Pope III (Harvard University School of Public Health): Outdoor Air I: Particulates
- 7.: Jordi Sunyer (IMIM): Outdoor Air II: Nitrogen Dioxide
- 8.: Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto (National Institute of Public Health, Mexico) and Dana Loomis (University of North Carolina): Outdoor Air III: Ozone
- 9.: Ruth A. Etzel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): Environmental Tobacco Smoke I: Childhood Diseases
- 10.: Anna H. Wu (USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Institute): Environmental Tobacco Smoke II: Lung Cancer
- 11.: Kyle Steenland: Environmental Tobacco Smoke III: Heart Disease
- 12.: Ross C. Brownson (St. Louis University Health Science Center) and Michael C.R. Alavanja (National Cancer Institute): Radiation I: Radon
- 13.: David Savitz: Radiation II: Electromagnetic Fields
- 14.: David Bellinger (Children s Hospital, Boston) and Joel Schwartz (Harvard School of Public Health): Effects of Lead in Children and Adults
- 15.: Kyle Steenland and David Savitz: Future Directions in Environmental Epidemiology
