Environmental medicine

Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector.

This innovative volume introduces Twinley's concept of 'The Dark Side of Occupation'.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of "e;Total Exposure Health"e; and presents details on subject areas which make up the framework.

Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector.

This book explains how the U.

In 1994, representatives from all over the world met in Costa Rica to discuss the impact of ecological economics on developing countries.

The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems.

Disease, injury, or congenital disorders result in an inability to perform activities of daily living as effectively as others.

Disease, injury, or congenital disorders result in an inability to perform activities of daily living as effectively as others.

The Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine was created because we felt there was no effective handbook that covered the breadth and scope of this field.

Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases integrates the newest research and advances in its discussion of asbestos-induced diseases.

Written by internationally acclaimed experts in the United States and abroad, this comprehensive set of environmental health articles serves to clarify our impending challenges as well as opportunities for health and wellness.

- La 3ª edición del Tratado de Medicina del Trabajo se plantea con el objetivo fundamental de abordar, con el máximo rigor y actualidad, los temas fundamentales que versan sobre la  Medicina del Trabajo, así como las novedades más recientes.

A thorough, concise, up-to-date guide to the diagnosis and treatment of common occupational and environmental injuries and diseasesA Doody's Core Title for 2019!

'It is clear that our bodies still recognize nature as our home.

Hansen's disease (leprosy) is endemic in more than 100 countries worldwide, with over 200,000 new diagnoses each year and more than 4 million people living with some form of HD-related impairment.

This book gives a sincere yet honest representation of modern nursing in all its forms rather than purely focusing only on the 'good' 'the funny' 'the sad' or the 'ugly'.

Why do we spend so much time indoors, which is not our natural habitat?

Around the world by ambulance.

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others.

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others.

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others.

A rich and wonderful history of quinine - the cure for malaria.

We live in a day and age in which many fields come together to define new ones, and out of these newly defined areas come innovative practices, and emergent ways of thinking.

Filarial nematodes constitute and important group of human pathogens in tropical regions of the world.

Structure-Function Relationships of Human Pathogenic Viruses provides information on the mechanisms by which viruses enter the cell, replicate, package their DNA into capsids and mature into new virions.

The soil-transmitted nematode parasites, or geohelminths, are - called because they have a direct life cycle, which involves no intermediate hosts or vectors, and are transmitted by faecal contamination of soil, foodstuffs and water supplies.

From the time questions about the impact of wireless technology on public health were first raised in 1993 through the present, Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR) has been the largest independent surveillance and research program trying to identify and solve human health problems associated with wireless phones.

African trypanosomes are tsetse-transmitted protozoa that inhabit the extracellular compartment of host blood.

Allergy is the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the United States.

Every person on the planet is entangled in a web of ecological relationships that link farms and factories with human consumers.

Modern medicine has done much in the field of acute conditions, such as trauma, infections, burns and bone fractures, but it has limited success in treating chronic diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and diabetes, among others.

Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine applies current understanding in medicine, physiology and the behavioural sciences to the medical challenges and stresses that are faced by both civil and military aircrew, and their passengers, on a daily basis.

In 2019, a National Health Service Trust in England lost 11 members of current and former staff members to suspected suicide.

This is an up-to-date and comprehensive handbook that presents a wealth of information on the different aspects of one of the largest dipterous family, Culicidae (mosquitoes).

An objective biography of Sir Ronald Ross who discovered how the mosquito transmitted malaria and was the first Briton to be awarded a Nobel Prize.

Biosecurity in the Age of Synthetic Biology is a comprehensive review of the biosecurity issues faced by the innovative and rapidly evolving field of synthetic biology.

Many business leaders do not take care of their health.

Including practical advice on how to conduct a stress audit and how to target stress 'hot spots' within an organization, Organizational Stress Management provides a fresh strategic model for the manager concerned with the negative effects stress can have both on company performance and the quality of life of individuals at work.

The transport of sediment greatly influences the sustainability of an irrigation system.

In the 1950s, the residents of the southwestern coastal areas of Taiwan suffered greatly from Blackfoot disease (BFD) due to the consumption of arsenic-contaminated groundwater.

In recent years, the pervasive presence of microplastics in the environment has emerged as a pressing global concern.

Since our first manned space flights we have learned much about how the human body adapts to the space environment and in particular, to the absence of gravity.

The increasing awareness of the effects of pollutants in the eco-system and on the development of suitable methods of analysis has stimulated a lot of research recently.

Written by renowned experts in the field, Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment covers the sampling techniques used in ecology, forestry, environmental science, and natural resources.

The current rate and scale of environmental change around the world makes the detection and understanding of these changes increasingly urgent.

Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry, Second Edition provides a theoretical basis for the behavior and biological effects of natural chemical entities and contaminants in natural systems, concluding with a practical focus on risk assessment and the environmental management of chemicals.