Environmental Factors
"Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics"An Introductory Text
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An introduction to an important weapon in the fight against disease in tropical countries. The text is mainly concerned with the health engineering methods for improving the health of the poorest sections of the world's population - those most at risk from tropical diseases. With index. 2 rev ed. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 244 x 168 mm. Weight: 600g.
Author: Cairncross, Sandy Feachem, Richard G.
ISBN: 0471938858
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 1993 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Environmental Factors
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"High Tech Trash"Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
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An environmental journalist reveals that digital may be sleek, but it's anything but clean. Deep within every electronic device lie toxic materials that make up the bits and bytes, a complex thicket of lead, mercury, cadmium, plastics, and a host of other often harmful ingredients. With bibliography, notes, index. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 488g.
Author: Grossman, Elizabeth
ISBN: 1597261904
Publisher: Island Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Environmental Factors
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"Practical Guide to Environmental Impact Assessment"
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Includes the laws, terms, documents, and guidance on environmental impact assessment. This book also provides information on data sources, laws and permits, methodologies, presentation of results, and other practical issues. It interweaves the basic requirements with an understanding of the principles underlying environmental impact assessment. With illustrations. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 236 x 157 mm. Weight: 600g.
Author: Marriott, Betty Bowers
ISBN: 0070404100
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Date: 1997 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Environmental Factors
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"Breathing Space"How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes
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Allergy is the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the United States. This book offers an intimate portrait of how allergic disease has shaped American culture, landscape, and life. It traces how America's changing environment from the late 1800s onwards has led to the epidemic growth of allergic disease. With 48 black-&-white illustrations. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 489g.
Author: Mitman, Gregg
ISBN: 030014315X
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Environmental Factors
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"The Electric Connection"Its Effects on Mind and Body
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Open market ed. Hardback, 287 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 475g.
Author: Shallis, Michael
ISBN: 0941533581
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Date: 1989 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Environmental Factors
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"Problems of High Altitude Medicine and Biology"
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"Nato Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology" series; With illustrations. Paperback, 314 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 462g.
Author: (Aldashev, Almaz, ed.)
ISBN: 1402062990
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date: 2007 (Netherlands)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Environmental Medicine
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"Essentials to Environmental Health"
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"Essential Public Health" series; Pub date is US date. Please add 8 weeks to get in stock here in UK. With illustrations, maps. Paperback, 390 pages. Size: 275 x 216 mm. Weight: 1009g.
Author: Friis, Robert
ISBN: 0763747629
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Environmental Medicine
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"Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine"
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"Oxford Handbooks Series" series; 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. With 149 black and white images with 10 colour image plate section. Anniversary. Paperback, 748 pages. Size: 180 x 100 mm. Weight: 388g.
Author: Johnson, Chris Anderson, Sarah Dallimore, Jon Winser, Shane Warrell, David A.
ISBN: 0199296618
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Environmental Medicine
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"High Altitude Medicine and Physiology"
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Fourth edition. With illustrations. 4 rev ed. Hardback, 480 pages. Size: 253 x 200 mm. Weight: 1254g.
Author: Milledge, James S. West, John B. Schoene, Robert B.
ISBN: 0340913444
Publisher: Hodder Education
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Environmental Medicine
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"Advances in Human Palaeopathology"
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A guide to the techniques that are available for studying diseases and related conditions from human skeletal remains. It describes the ways in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of health, disease and activity patterns in the past. It is suitable for researchers concerned with health and disease in past populations. With illustrations. Hardback, 408 pages. Size: 250 x 177 mm. Weight: 870g.
Author: (Pinhasi, Ron, ed.)
ISBN: 0470036028
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
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"The Analysis of Gene Expression Data"Methods and Software
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"Statistics for Biology and Health" series; Features authors of statistical packages or functions for microarray data analysis writing chapters describing the statistical and informatics basis of their software, its usage, and the interpretation of results. With 1113 illus., 37 in color.. Hardback, 474 pages. Size: 230 x 161 mm. Weight: 883g.
Author: (Parmigiani, Giovanni, ed.)
ISBN: 0387955771
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
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"The Biology of Emerging Viruses"Sars, Avian and Human Influenza, Metapneumovirus, Nipah, West Nile, and Ross River Virus
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"Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences" series; Reports on a meeting, co-sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology and the Vietnam Association for Microbiology, which provided a common platform for Vietnamese scientists and ASM international members to discuss viral infectious diseases with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. With illustrations. Paperback, 252 pages. Size: 231 x 156 mm. Weight: 277g.
Author: (Lal, Sunil, ed.)
ISBN: 1573316903
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
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"Cancer in the Twentieth Century"
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Explores efforts to control and prevent cancer in North America and Europe. This collection of essays is suitable for historians of medicine and public health as well as health policy analysts, medical sociologists and anthropologists, and medical researchers and practitioners. With 1. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 573g.
Author: (Cantor, David, ed.)
ISBN: 0801888670
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
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"Coronary Heart Disease Epidemiology"From Aetiology to Public Health
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"Oxford Medical Publications" series; Provides insights into the field of coronary heart disease epidemiology. This title reviews major risk factors from various perspectives. It focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of CHD, one of the main causes of death in the developed and developing world. With 2 halftones, numerous tables, graphs and line drawings. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 692 pages. Size: 240 x 168 mm. Weight: 1509g.
Author: (Marmot, M.G., ed.)
ISBN: 0198525737
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
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"The Economics of Health Equity"
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Describes how fairness in the delivery and access to health care can be achieved. With 12 line figures 11 halftones 15 tables. Paperback, 296 pages. Size: 248 x 174 mm. Weight: 592g.
Author: (Mcintyre, Di, ed.)
ISBN: 0521705061
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
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