Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide

Distills what is known about environmental health during an emergency or disaster. Draws on results from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and on experience with sustainable development between the two Earth Summits. The volume is intended for practitioners, as well as for policy makers and researchers, and thus covers both general and technical aspects of environmental h…

Air pollution and health effects

Exposure to ambient air pollutants, both indoors and outdoors has been associated with the exacerbation and also in the etiology of diverse human diseases. This book offers an overview of our current understanding of air pollution health risks and how this knowledge is being used in the regulatory, therapeutic intervention measures to protect the public health and reduce the disease burden caus…

Burton field guide for industrial hygiene

Raw technical data from an engineering perspective makes this book a uniquely useful tool. Everything you'd need to know in a concise, handy format on common industrial gases and chemicals, checklists for exhaust fan maintenance, indoor air contaminant sources and much more. Chapters include terms and equations, nomographs and charts, thermal conditions, ergonomics, PPE and respirators, standar…

Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9789241545419

Collation

xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

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Call Number

[TLK-LIB-133]

Public health nutrition in developing countries

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ISBN/ISSN

9789380308067

Collation

2 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series Title

Woodhead Publishing India in food science, technology and nutrition

Call Number

[ITP-LIB-594]

Handbook of hygiene control in the food industry

Annotation This important wide-ranging book complements the highly successful Hygiene in food processing by reviewing the key recent research on improving hygiene in food processing plants. Part 1 considers the latest research on contamination risks such as biofilms and how they can be assessed. Part 2 reviews ways of improving hygienic design of both buildings and equipment, including such key…

Occupational health and safety management : a practical approach

The second edition of this bestseller continues to provide the basic tenants needed to initiate a comprehensive occupational safety and health initiative. Updated with more than 30percent new and revised material, this volume encompasses a total management approach that deals with the development of written programs, the identification of hazards, the mitigation of hazards by the use of common …

Nutrition: science and applications

Guiding nutritionists toward an understanding of the scientific principles underlying what they know about nutrition, this book helps them gain effective decision-making skills about nutritional choices. Unique Science Applied boxes answer the questions about how we learn what we know about the science of nutrition and why knowledge changes. Critical Thinking exercises included in each chapter …

Healthy cities and urban policy research

Development of healthy cities and need for research / Takehito Takano -- The third phase (1998-2002) of the Healthy Cities Project in Europe / Agis D. Tsouros and Jill L. Farrington -- Healthy Cities Project in the western Pacific / Hisashi Ogawa -- Health and sustainability gains from urban regeneration and development / Colin Fudge -- Analysis of health determinants for healthy cities pro…

The fats of life: essential fatty acids in health and disease

Omega-3s, trans-fats, polyunsaturated fatty acids, linoleic acidùresearch facts about fatty acids and their relationship to heart disease and atherosclerosis, obesity, cancer, and neurological disorders abound. Chemical names appear on every nutrition label. But, just what do these terms mean in health and disease?The Fats of Life delineates the importance of essential fatty acids, with a focu…