Environmental Medicine

重量：2.2kg 　頁數：880    裝訂：精裝 　開數：28.2x22 　印刷：黑白

Summary:
Environmental Medicine is an indispensable aid to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of environmentally-acquired disorders. It brings into sharp focus the increasing importance of the practice of environmental medicine, drawing together the many different strands that make up this modern discipline, and putting topical and controversial subjects into evidence-based context.

The editors and authors are all leading authorities in their respective fields and are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds, including government advisory bodies. They have put emphasis on the issues most relevant to contemporary pratice, ensuring everyday relevance, while not neglecting less common conditions. Boxes and tables are used throughout for clarity and accessibility.

*An editoriral team composed of leading experts in environmental medicine drawn from both academia and government agencies.
*Fully international in content with much to interest those practising in industrial or industrialising nations
*Clear diagrams, photos, boxes and tables clarify key areas and concepts
*Comprehensive and authoratitive, challenging and informative
*Focuses on the key issues in the fiels, with boxes providing detail on more esoteric conditions

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
PART TWO: METHODOLOGY
PART THREE: HEALTH EFFECTS
Section A: Diseases from respiratory exposures to non-infectious
Section B: Respiratory diseases from infectious agents
Section C: Diseases related to exposure to non-infectious material
Section D: Diseases related to the ingestion of infectious agents
Section E: Vector and skin borne diseases
Section F: Nosocomial diseases – hospitals, schools and institutions
Section G: Accidental and deliberate environmental contamination
Section H: Diseases influenced by climate
Section I: Pressure
Section J: Land
Section K: Radiant energy
Section L: Genetic, environmental and infectious causes of cancer
PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE