Essentials of Environmental Epidemiology for Health Protection

A Handbook for Field Professionals
Herausgeber: Kreis, Irene A; Murray, Virginia; Meara, Jill; Leonardi, Giovanni; Busby, Araceli

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199663415
• ISBN-10: 0199663416
• Artikelnr.: 37229492

Inhaltsangabe

* Section 1 Identifying the problem
* 1: Irene A. Kreis: Introduction to Environmental Epidemiology for
Health Protection, illustrated with a case study on lead through the
ages
* 2: Giovanni Leonardi: Epidemiology of environmental hazards,
illustrated with a case study on landfill concerns and water (acute
and chronic issues)
* 3: Irene A. Kreis and David Cromwell: Literature reviews, systematic
but how and why? Illustrated with case studies on dioxin
* 4: Fred Woudenberg: Communication in epidemiological studies,
illustrated with a case study on a gas-factory terrain clean-up
* 5: Harrie van Dijk and Wilfried Notten: Identifying and dealing with
high-risk groups systematically and transparently, illustrated with a
case study on Q fever
* 6: Oliver Morgan and Sue Odams: 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: Sotiris Vardoulakis: Environmental measurements, illustrated with
a case study on ambient air pollution
* 8: Ariana Zeka: Exposure assessment for epidemiology, illustrated
with a case study on air quality in schools
* 9: Virginia Murray and Rachel MacLehose: Toxicology and its practical
use in chemical incident response, illustrated with a case study on
mercury
* 10: Raquel Duarte-Davidson: Risk assessment, illustrated with a case
study on carcass removal in a Foot and Mouth epidemic
* 11: Sam Bracebridge, Alex Elliot, and Gillian Smith: Real-time
syndromic surveillance, illustrated with a case study on an oil depot
explosion
* 12: Rebecca Close, Mike Studden, Araceli Busby, and Giovanni
Leonardi: Routine data, illustrated with a case study on carbon
monoxide
* 13: Leslie Jones: Geographic Information Services (GIS), illustrated
with a case study on Legionaires' disease outbreak
* Section 3 Environmental epidemiology design and problem analysis
* 14: Irene A. Kreis and David Cromwell: Study designs for public
health investigations: basic concepts and practice, illustrated with
a case study on asthma
* 15: Helen Maguire,Irene.A. Kreis, and Virginia Murray: Field
epidemiology: logistics, illustrated with case studies on a
Legionella outbreak and a child blood lead survey
* 16: Araceli Busby: Data quality, illustrated with a case study on
congenital eye defects
* 17: Dominik Zenner: Applied statistical techniques, illustrated with
case studies on a cancer cluster and PCB in human milk
* 18: Sue Odams: Ethics in environmental epidemiology, illustrated with
a case study on lead levels in children
* Section 4 Special topics
* 19: Marjon Drijver, Araceli Busby, and Irene A. Kreis: Cluster
investigations, illustrated with a case study on childhood leukaemia
in a cut-flower community
* 20: Virginia Murray: Occupational epidemiology, illustrated with a
case study on bladder cancer
* 21: Colin Muirhead and Jill Meara: Radiation, illustrated with case
studies on extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and
radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
* 22: Catriona Carmichael and Graham Bickler: Heatwave plan evaluation
* 23: Carla Stanke: Analysis of mental health impacts of flooding
* 24: Virginia Murray: Chemical Incidents, illustrated with a case
study on an oil depot explosion
* 25: Helen Smethurst: Odours incidents and epidemiology, illustrated
with a case study on trans-border transmissions
* 26: Irene A. Kreis and David A. Griffiths: Decision model for an
investigation, illustrated with a case study on odours and dust
* Index