ABSTRACT
The book discusses the indispensable connection between the environment and health via all possible aspects, focussing on human interactions with the environment. The multi-dimensional field of environmental and human health perspectives with emerging issues and current trends is illustrated through supporting case studies, reviews, research reports and examples. It also covers crucial areas of research such as vector control in a tropical climate, influence of climate change on human health and so forth, including proliferation of microbial diseases. Environmental, health and safety guidelines are discussed as well. Aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental and medical sciences, health and safety, and ecology, this book Highlights interdisciplinary aspects of environmental changes and associated health risks Explains different aspects of environmental pollution and health risks Includes dedicated chapters on global epidemics and biomedical and municipal waste Contains case studies pertaining to different health and safety issues.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Unit I|39 pages
Impacts of Changing Environment on Human Health
chapter 2|13 pages
Human Health in a Changing Environment
part Unit II|94 pages
Impact of Increasing Environmental Pollution on Human Health
chapter 3|29 pages
Airborne Staphylococcus aureus and its Impact on Human Health
part Unit III|20 pages
Climate Change and Human Health
part Unit IV|27 pages
Industrial Safety and Occupational Health Issues
part Unit V|91 pages
Food Safety and Impacts on Health and Environment
chapter 11|26 pages
Flourishing Amidst Ecological Pressures
part Unit VI|30 pages
Successful Models of Waste Management
part Unit VII|24 pages
Pandemics
part Unit VIII|93 pages
Perspectives on Environmental and Human Health Management