Teaching Environmental Health to Children highlights activities and curriculum developed at nine universities in the United States funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The text extends lessons to classroom teachers of all subjects and age levels.
This handbook provides practical information on the prevention and treatment of medical problems in extreme environments. An essential reference book for expeditions and travellers to remote areas, it offers guidance on maintaining the physical and psychological health of team members under the stresses and challenges of an expedition.
From September 1990 to June 1991, the UK deployed 53, 462 military personnel in the Gulf War. After the end of the conflict anecdotal reports of various disorders affecting troops who fought in the Gulf began to surface. This mysterious illness was given the name Gulf War SyndromeA" (GWS).
Medical Geology is a field concerned with the relationship between natural geological factors and human and animal health, as well as with improving our understanding of the influence of environmental factors on the geographical distribution of health problems. This book addresses health problems caused, or exacerbated by geological materials.
Presents an introduction to risk assessment of chemicals and contains basic background information on sources, emissions, distribution and fate processes for the estimation of exposure of plant and animal species in the environment and humans exposed via the environment, consumer products, and at the workplace.