Kyle Steenland / David A. Savitz (eds.)

Topics in Environmental Epidemiology

Herausgeber: Steenland, Kyle; Savitz, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive survey of the epidemiology of common environmental exposures, this volume covers diet, water, particulates in outdoor air, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, environmental tobacco smoke, radon in homes, electromagnetic fields, and lead. Design and analysis issues, risk assessment and meta-analysis, and future directions in environmental epidemiology are also discussed. All chapters provide a review of the relevant literature as well as an overview of important methodologic issues, particularly exposure assessment and statistical methods. Most of these exposures are widespread and low-level, and are thought to increase the risk of chronic diseases that have many causes. Even though the disease risks due to these exposures may be low, the public health burden may be significant because large numbers of people are exposed. Such exposures are inherently difficult to detect via observational epidemiology. This book clarifies the problems and suggests ways to move forward. It will be useful to students and practitioners of public health, environmental health, and epidemiology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 165mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780195095647
• ISBN-10: 0195095642
• Artikelnr.: 21399728

Autorenporträt

Kyle Steenland, Ph.D., is Senior Epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control. He is the editor of Case Studies in Occupational Epidemiology (OUP, 1993). David Savitz, Ph.D., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1.: Kyle Steenland (National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health) and David Savitz (University of North Carolina): Introduction
* 2.: Kyle Steenland and Jim Deddens (University of Cincinnati): Design
and Analysis of Studies in Environmental Epidemiology
* 3.: Catherine Wright (University of California, Berkeley), Peggy
Lopipero (University of California, Berkeley), and Allan Smith
(University of California, Berkeley): Meta-analysis and Risk
Assessment
* 4.: Manuel Posada de la Paz (Ministeria de Sanidad y Consumo): Diet
and Food Contaminants
* 5.: David Savitz and Christine Moe (University of North Carolina):
Water: Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Infectious Agents
* 6.: Kevin Dockery (Harvard University School of Public Health) and C.
Arden Pope III (Harvard University School of Public Health): Outdoor
Air I: Particulates
* 7.: Jordi Sunyer (IMIM): Outdoor Air II: Nitrogen Dioxide
* 8.: Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto (National Institute of Public Health,
Mexico) and Dana Loomis (University of North Carolina): Outdoor Air
III: Ozone
* 9.: Ruth A. Etzel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention):
Environmental Tobacco Smoke I: Childhood Diseases
* 10.: Anna H. Wu (USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Institute):
Environmental Tobacco Smoke II: Lung Cancer
* 11.: Kyle Steenland: Environmental Tobacco Smoke III: Heart Disease
* 12.: Ross C. Brownson (St. Louis University Health Science Center)
and Michael C.R. Alavanja (National Cancer Institute): Radiation I:
Radon
* 13.: David Savitz: Radiation II: Electromagnetic Fields
* 14.: David Bellinger (Children s Hospital, Boston) and Joel Schwartz
(Harvard School of Public Health): Effects of Lead in Children and
Adults
* 15.: Kyle Steenland and David Savitz: Future Directions in
Environmental Epidemiology