Environmental Health
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Implementation of new knowledge in times of climate change?]

24 Oct 2009 Climate change is the primary threat to public health in the 21st century. There is a huge need for creation of new knowledge on how most effectively and efficiently to respond to the negative effects on health. Participatory research and ... Read more...

[Climate chance and research activity]

24 Oct 2009 There are three main focus areas relevant to health in research related to climate change: 1) disentangling of the complex associations between climate-sensitive risk factors and health 2) guidance as to where, when and how effective health ... Read more...

[Migration, climate and health]

24 Oct 2009 Many tentative connections have been postulated between migration and climate. This article points to rural-urban migration, particularly into low elevation urban slums prone to flooding as an issue needing urgent attention by health professionals. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Environmental Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Governor James J. Florio a fighter for environmental issues. 30 Oct 2009
• Abstracts of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 21st Annual Conference. August 25-29, 2009. Dublin, Ireland. 30 Oct 2009
• [Implementation of new knowledge in times of climate change?] 24 Oct 2009
• [Climate chance and research activity] 24 Oct 2009
• [Migration, climate and health] 24 Oct 2009
• Soils and geomedicine. 29 Sep 2009
• Health effects of toxic waste dumped in Cote d'Ivoire need urgent examination, UN expert says. 21 Sep 2009
• The international response to climate change: an agenda for global health. 14 Sep 2009
• Politicians must heed health effects of climate change. 13 Sep 2009
• Health and climate change. 13 Sep 2009
• CDC links data on health and environment. 7 Sep 2009
• Green chemistry: terminology and principles. 30 Aug 2009
• Notes from the editor. Commentaries in EHP. 30 Aug 2009
• EHP's policy on integrity of published research. 30 Aug 2009
• Microparticles and the hygiene hypothesis. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of the global test statistic as a performance measurement in a reanalysis of environmental health data. 18 Aug 2009
• Factors affecting global environmental public health. 30 Jul 2009
• From preventive medicine to population health: the research agenda of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. 30 Jul 2009
• Chemicals policy gap: toward stronger regulation in the United States. 30 Jul 2009
• Handwashing and other environmental controls needed to prevent hospital-acquired serratia infections. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Environmental Health'

Definition: The science of controlling or modifying those conditions, influences, or forces surrounding man which relate to promoting, establishing, and maintaining health.

Descriptor UI: D004782

Alternative terms: Environmental Health; Environmental Healths; Healths, Environmental; Environmental Health Science; Environmental Health Sciences; Health Science, Environmental; Health Sciences, Environmental; Science, Environmental Health; Sciences, Environmental Health; Health, Environmental;

Related Mesh Headings: Ecology; Environment;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.229;

Technical Notes: index geographic term if pertinent