Environmental Medicine

BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE METHODOLOGY HEALTH EFFECTS Diseases from respiratory exposures to non-infectious agents Respiratory diseases from infectious agents Diseases related to exposure to non-infectious material Diseases related to the ingestion of infectious agents Vector and skin-borne diseases Nosocomial diseases - hospitals and institutions Accidental and deliberate environmental contamination Diseases influenced by climate Pressure Land Radiant energy Genetic, environmental and infectious causes of cancer ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE.

Cover -- Book title -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- PART 1 BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE -- 1 Environmental medicine in context -- PART 2 METHODOLOGY -- 2 Epidemiological methods for attributing illness -- 3 The surveillance and monitoring of diseases and agents -- 4 Hazard and risk: assessment and management -- 5 Chemical exposure assessment -- Short-range person-to-person modelling -- Long-range modelling -- Dispersion in cities -- 6a Mapping out the causes of infectious diseases: a case study on the multiple factors involved in Salmonella Enteritidis infections -- 6b Mapping the causes and transmission routes of chemicals -- The application of geospatial technologies to medical studies -- 7 Measuring the atmosphere -- 8 Measuring the water and soil environments -- PART 3 HEALTH EFFECTS -- Section A: Diseases from respiratory exposure to non-infectious agents -- 9 Deposition, absorption and mechanisms of action of gases and particles in the lung -- 10 Health effects of air pollution: acute and chronic -- 11 Point sources -- 12 Volcanoes -- 13 Environmental allergens -- 14 Indoor air pollution in developed countries -- 15 Indoor air pollution in developing countr…