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Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment
Describes the interdisciplinary methodologies used to evaluate and respond to emerging risks in the environment and their effect on public health
Benoit Roig (Edited by), Karine Weiss (Edited by), Veronique Thireau (Edited by)
9780128132906
Paperback, published 23 November 2018
314 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.63 kg
Approx.268 pages
Introduction to Emerging Risks The exposome: a new tool for improved health risk assessment Part 1: New Risks 1. Indoor Air and Public Health 2. Advanced manufacturing processes and technologies 3. Multi-dimensional Impacts of Nanotechnology on Public Health Part 2: Known Risks in New Locations 4. The emergence of vector borne diseases in new location 5. Radioactive remains 6. Human spaces and inhumane species: social representations of the risk of invasion Part 3: Known Issues Now Recognized as Risks Due to an Increase in Scientific Knowledge and/or A Change in the Perception of the Population 7. Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Organisms as Environmental Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Addressing Global Health Risks 8. Risk perception of pharmaceutical residues in the aquatic environment and precautionary measures 9. Chemistry and psychology, cross views on pesticides Risks 10. Assessment and management of risks associated with antibiotic resistance in the environment
Subject Areas: Natural disasters [RNR], Medical toxicology [MMGT], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN]