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Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection

Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection

A handbook for field professionals

9780199663415
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Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection guides front line public health practitioners through the decisions they are likely to face when dealing with environmental health problems. It does this by showing how to integrate relevant aspects of environmental science, communication sciences, toxicology, and most importantly environmental epidemiology skills to conduct initial investigations which encompass all relevant issues. The book uses a problem orientated style, using case studies, to provide practical examples of how to plan and carry out investigations or research projects. It emphasises the scoping and planning stages of a study in order to avoid common pitfalls, and includes discussions of the limitations of epidemiological studies, how to communicate with the public and funders, ethics and handling large datasets. Through the case studies the book also covers the practice of environmental public health indeveloped countries.Each chapter is written by knowledgeable practitioners in the topic, making Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection essential reading for all professionals in environmental public health in the UK and abroad.
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OUP Oxford
87155
9780199663415
9780199663415

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Publication date
2012
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
296
Dimensions (mm)
171 x 246
Weight (g)
482
  • Section 1 Identifying the problem; Introduction to Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection, illustrated with a case study on lead through the ages; Epidemiology of environmental hazards, illustrated with a case study on landfill concerns and water (acute and chronic issues); Literature reviews, systematic but how and why? Illustrated with case studies on dioxin; Communication in epidemiological studies, illustrated with a case study on a gas-factory terrain clean-up; Identifying and dealing with high-risk groups systematically and transparently, illustrated with a case study on Q fever; Health registers as a tool for disaster epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on a fireworks explosion; Section 2 Assessing the problems and developing a scoping study; Environmental measurements, illustrated with a case study on ambient air pollution; Exposure assessment for epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on air quality in schools; Toxicology and its practical use in chemical incident response, illustrated with a case study on mercury; Risk assessment, illustrated with a case study on carcass removal in a Foot & Mouth epidemic; Real-time syndromic surveillance, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot explosion; Routine data, illustrated with a case study on carbon monoxide; Geographic Information Services (GIS), illustrated with a case study on Legionaires disease outbreak; Section 3 Environmental epidemiology design and problem analysis; Study designs for public health investigations: basic concepts and practice, illustrated with a case study on asthma; Field epidemiology: logistics, illustrated with case studies on a Legionella outbreak and a child blood lead survey; Data quality, illustrated with a case study on congenital eye defects; Applied statistical techniques, illustrated with case studies on a cancer cluster and PCB in human milk; Ethics in environmental epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on lead levels in children; Section 4 Special topics; Cluster investigations, illustrated with a case study on childhood leukaemia in a cut-flower community; Occupational epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on bladder cancer; Radiation, illustrated with case studies on extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields; Heatwave plan evaluation; Analysis of mental health impacts of flooding; Chemical Incidents, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot explosion; Odours incidents and epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on trans-border transmissions; Decision model for an investigation, illustrated with a case study on odours and dust; Index;
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