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Main Title Environmental Burden of Disease Assessment [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Brammer, Angela.
Davidson, Christopher.
Folley, Tiina.
Launay, Frederic.
Thomsen, Jens.
Publisher Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
Year Published 2013
Call Number RA565-600
ISBN 9789400759251
Subjects Environmental sciences ; Public health ; Environmental law ; Environmental Medicine ; Pollution
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5925-1
Collation XXXII, 489 p. 87 illus., 22 illus. in color. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
1. Introduction -- 2. Prioritizing Environmental Risks to Health- 3. Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease: Method Overview -- 4: Burden of Disease from Outdoor Air Pollution.- 5. Burden of Disease from Indoor Air Pollution -- 6. Burden of Disease from Occupational Exposures -- 7. Burden of Disease from Climate -- Change -- 8. Burden of Disease from Drinking Water Contamination -- 9. Burden of Disease from Coastal Water Pollution -- 10. Burden of Disease from Soil and Groundwater Contamination -- 11. Burden of Disease from Produce and Seafood Contamination.- 12: Applying Environmental Burden of Disease Predictions. This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards. The robust methods used in this risk analysis can be applied to any country or region. This publication documents the systematic, multi-step process used to identify environmental priorities and the detailed methods used to quantify the disease burden attributable to each risk. Based on the results of the burden of disease assessment, the publication summarizes the subsequent steps that are recommended to further reduce the burden of disease resulting from various environmental risk factors.