Environmental medicine books

Updated edition of this popular textbook, covering recognition, biology, ecology and medical importance of the arthropods that affect human health.

This book analyzes the interaction of living conditions in space, the immune system and astronauts' health. It explains how such analysis may help in preventing, diagnosing and counteracting immune-related alterations in health on...

This multi-disciplinary volume brings together original research from diverse disciplinary backgrounds investigating how we can define and operationalise a bio-psychosocial model of ill-health to improve work participation in...

This book details an ecosystem approach to health in developing regions of the world. It demonstrates how ecohealth research has led to sustained improvements and presents evidence of real changes in conditions of people, their...

Addresses questions of relevance to governments and industry in many countries around the world, in particular concerning the link between contaminated-land-management programs and the protection of drinking water resources and...

This publication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contains a global rundown of disease and immunization advice and other health guidance, including risks in particular countries.

Diverse driving forces, processes and actors are responsible for different trends in the development of megacities and large urban areas. This book allows readers to deepen their understanding of the complex dynamics of urban and...

Worksite Health Promotion, Third Edition, combines theoretical principles and research with practical applications and real-world examples to give readers a comprehensive and immediately useable introduction to the field....

Rev. ed. of: A physician's guide to return to work / editors, James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn. c2005.

Cholera is a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that can spread rapidly and in explosive epidemics from one region to another, affecting large numbers of people. This title presents topical research from across the globe in the...

This very readable and well illustrated book outlines the medical career of a physician who undertook a series of assignments in tropical countries between 1960 and 1990: Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea....

Looking forward to the day when astronauts depart on extended exploration missions, this assessment of the future of space medicine analyzes what is necessary to keep a crew alive in space as well as the medical challenges faced...

The first book on sick building syndrome to focus on libraries and public buildings, this volume examines the impact of interior environments on people's health, evaluates the effect this has on their performance, and includes...

Explains how Occupational Health has had to expand beyond the factory walls to include the holistic treatment of workers, and a consideration of workers' families.

This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. Case studies of successful programmes are included as well as how different countries test...