Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments : Towards an Estimate of the Environmental Burden of Disease.
Title:
Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments : Towards an Estimate of the Environmental Burden of Disease.
Author:
Prüss-Ustün, Annette.
ISBN:
9789240681149
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (106 pages)
Contents:
Preliminaries -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Respiratory infections -- Diarrhoea -- Malaria -- Intestinal nematode infections -- Trachoma -- Schistosomiasis -- Chagas disease -- Lymphatic filariasis -- Onchocerciasis -- Leishmaniasis -- Dengue -- Japanese encephalitis -- HIV AIDS -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Hepatitis B and hepatitis C -- Tuberculosis -- Perinatal conditions -- Congenital anomalies -- Malnutrition -- Cancers -- Neuropsychiatric disorders -- Cataracts -- Deafness -- Cardiovascular diseases -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Asthma -- Musculoskeletal diseases -- Road traffic injuries -- Unintentional poisonings -- Falls -- Fires -- Drownings -- Other unintentional injuries -- Suicide -- Interpersonal violence -- Other diseases -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CREDITS.
Abstract:
How much disease could be prevented through better management of our environment? The environment influences our health in many ways - through exposures to physical, chemical and biological risk factors, and through related changes in our behaviour in response to those factors. To answer this question, the available scientific evidence was summarized and more than 100 experts were consulted for their estimates of how much environmental risk factors contribute to the disease burden of 85 diseases. This report summarizes the results globally, by 14 regions worldwide, and separately for children.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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