Full Description
This book provides a roadmap for city-specific environmental health studies based on ambient air quality and measures of public health. Chapter one highlights the benefits of city-specific understanding toward the main goal of improving human health through knowledge and action. The book does not address environmental regulation, but rather focuses on the opportunities for individual cities to properly inform their residents of risks and concerns.
Contents
The benefits of city specific environmental health studies. Resources for environmental data. Resources for data on population and health endpoints. Emergency medical services data. Statistical and GIS software. Spatial temporal methodologies for pollution estimation and prediction. Methodologies for assessing environmental health impact. Ambient air quality as a proxy for exposure. Putting the research to work to improve public health.
