Overview
- Represents a sophisticated method for quantifying the burden of disease on a national level
- First study ever using computer-based model to estimate national burden of disease for a wide range of environmental health risks
- Innovative model allows officials to explore which measures for controlling environmental pollution will lead to the greatest improvements in public
- Model helps design optimal programs for reducing the environmental burden of disease Fully documents comprehensive, national-level environmental burden of disease assessment?
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Technology Library (ENST)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This publication characterizes the environmental burden of disease in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), measured by the excess number of deaths and illnesses in the population due to exposure to environmental hazards. The robust methods used in this risk analysis can be applied to any country or region. This publication documents the systematic, multi-step process used to identify environmental priorities and the detailed methods used to quantify the disease burden attributable to each risk. Based on the results of the burden of disease assessment, the publication summarizes the subsequent steps that are recommended to further reduce the burden of disease resulting from various environmental risk factors.​
Authors and Contributors
This book represents the synthesis of research carried out by a large, interdisciplinary team from several institutions and multiple nations between June 2008 and June 2011.The lead authors are responsible for weaving together the pieces prepared by the team.Nonetheless, this book would not have been possible without major contributions from each team member.The list below shows contributors to each chapter.Following this list are biographies of all of the authors and contributors.Â
Lead Authors              Â
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Frederic J. P. Launay, Jens T. W. Thomsen, Angela Brammer, Christopher Davidson
Additional Contributors (by Chapter)
Chapter 2: Prioritizing Environmental Risks to Health
Henry H. Willis, Aimee Curtright, Gary Cecchine, Zeinab S. Farah,Sandra A. Geschwind, Jianhui Hu, Ying Li, Melinda Moore, Sarah Olmstead, Hanine Salem, Regina A. Shih, J. Jason West
Chapter 3: Assessing the Environmental Burden of Disease:Method Overview
Tiina Folley, Elizabeth S. Harder, Mejs Hasan
Chapter 4: Burden of Disease from Outdoor Air Pollution
Ying Li, Gavino Puggioni,Prahlad Jat, Mejs Hasan, Marc Serre, Kenneth G. Sexton, J. Jason West, Saravanan Arunachalam, Uma Shankar, William Vizuete, Mohammed Zuber Farooqui
Chapter 5: Burden of Disease from Indoor Air Pollution
Chris B. Trent
Chapter 6: Burden of Disease from Occupational Exposures
Tiina Folley, Leena A. Nylander-FrenchÂ
Chapter 7: Burden of Disease from Climate Change
Richard N. L. Andrews, Leslie Chinery, Elizabeth S. Harder, J. Jason WestÂ
Chapter 8: Burden of Disease from Drinking Water Contamination
Gregory W. Characklis, Joseph N. LoBuglioÂ
Chapter 9: Burden of Disease from Coastal Water Pollution
Gregory W. Characklis, Leigh-Anne H. Krometis, Joseph N. LoBuglio
Chapter 10: Burden of Disease from Soil and Groundwater Contamination
Chidsanuphong Chart-asa, Stephanie Soucheray-Grell
Chapter 11: Burden of Disease from Produce and Seafood Contamination
Leigh-Anne H. Krometis, Leslie Chinery
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Burden of Disease Assessment
Authors: Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Angela Brammer, Christopher Davidson, Tiina Folley, Frederic Launay, Jens Thomsen
Series Title: Environmental Science and Technology Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5925-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5924-4Published: 01 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9374-3Published: 08 February 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5925-1Published: 12 February 2013
Series ISSN: 1382-3124
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 489
Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Health, Public Health, Pollution, general, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice