Nancy Irwin Maxwell
Understanding Environmental Health
- ISBN 13:
- 9781449665371
- author:
- Nancy Irwin Maxwell
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Jones and Bartlett
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 406
- Genre:
- Medical
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Understanding Environmental Health: How We Live in the World is a comprehensive guide to environmental health, presenting a unique approach that focuses on the choices we make as individuals and societies. The book explores how these choices result in environmental health hazards, including energy production, industry, food production, and modern lifestyle. The Second Edition offers a thorough revision, incorporating updates to scientific understanding, changes in practice and policy, and recent events. This text provides a concise introduction to environmental health while covering the essential information about traditional regulatory domains and core competencies. It presents a connected narrative, making it engaging and accessible to students with various scientific backgrounds. Key features of the book include learning objectives and study questions in each chapter, as well as an extensive glossary of over 500 terms. The accompanying resources for instructors and students provide additional support for teaching and learning.
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