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This chapter deals with the physical environment. It describes the practice of environmental health, the purpose of which is to maintain and improve the human ecosystem by promoting the beneficial environmental components and reducing or eliminating the hazardous ones. Unlike most other species, Man has developed the ability to manipulate his environment. Whilst his endeavours have usually been directed at producing a beneficial effect, they have frequently been accompanied by adverse changes.
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Donaldson, R.J., Donaldson, L.J. (1983). Environmental health. In: Essential Community Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6249-4_10
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