Essentials of environmental epidemiology for health protection : a handbook for field professionals / edited by Irene A. Kreis [and 4 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection' is a key handbook and course reader for all professionals in environmental public health. Emphasising the scoping and planning stages of a study in order to avoid common pitfalls, and includes discussions on the limitations of epidemiological studies, ethics and handling large datasets.

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Cover; Contents; Editors, assistant editor, and contributors; List of abbreviations; Section 1 Identifying the problem; 1. Introduction to environmental epidemiology for health protection, illustrated with a case study on lead through the ages; 2. Epidemiology of environmental hazards, illustrated with case studies on a landfill concerns and arsenic in water; 3. Literature reviews-systematic, but how and why? Illustrated with case studies on dioxin; 4. Communication in epidemiological studies, illustrated with a case study on a gas-factory terrain clean up

5. Identifying and dealing with high-risk groups systematically and transparently, illustrated with a case study on Q fever6. 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; 7. Environmental measurements, illustrated with a case study on ambient air pollution; 8. Exposure assessment for epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on air quality in schools; 9. Toxicology and its practical use in chemical incident response, illustrated with a case study on mercury

10. Risk assessment, illustrated with a case study on carcass removal in a foot and mouth epidemic11. Real-time syndromic surveillance, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot explosion; 12. Routine data, illustrated with a case study on carbon monoxide; 13. Geographic information systems, illustrated with a case study on Legionnaires' disease outbreak; Section 3 Environmental epidemiology design and problem analysis; 14. Study designs for public health investigations: basic concepts and practice, illustrated with a case study on asthma

15. Field epidemiology: logistics, illustrated with case studies on a Legionella outbreak and a child blood lead survey16. Data quality, illustrated with a case study on congenital eye defects; 17. Applied statistical techniques, illustrated with case studies on a cancer cluster and PCB in human milk; 18. Ethics in environmental epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on lead levels in children; Section 4 Special topics; 19. Cluster investigations, illustrated with a case study on childhood leukaemia in a cut-flower community

20. Occupational epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on bladder cancer21. Radiation, illustrated with case studies on extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields; 22. Heatwave plan evaluation; 23. Analysis of mental health impacts of flooding; 24. Chemical incidents, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot explosion; 25. Odours incidents and epidemiology, illustrated with a case study on transborder transmissions; 26. Decision model for an investigation, illustrated with a case study on odours and dust; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H

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