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Decision-making in environmental health [electronic resource] : from evidence to action / edited by C. Corvalán, D. Briggs, and G. Zielhuis.

Contributor(s): Corvalan, C. (Carlos) | Briggs, David J. (David John), 1948- | Zielhuis, G. (Gerhard) | World Health Organization | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 2000Description: xii, 278 p. : ill., maps.Uniform titles: ENGnetBASE. Subject(s): Environmental health -- Decision making | Environmental healthGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 615.9/02 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Health and environment analysis -- Requirements for successful environmental health decision-making -- The need for information : environmental health indicators -- Methods for building environmental health indicators -- Assessment of exposure and health effects -- Linking environment and health data : statistical and epidemiological issues -- Using geographic information systems to link environment and health data -- Application of HEADLAMP in the field -- The HEADLAMP approach : a new model for environmental health decision-making -- Annex 1 : Examples of environmental health indicators.

"Published on behalf of the World Health Organization."

"Published simultaneously in Canada."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health and environment analysis -- Requirements for successful environmental health decision-making -- The need for information : environmental health indicators -- Methods for building environmental health indicators -- Assessment of exposure and health effects -- Linking environment and health data : statistical and epidemiological issues -- Using geographic information systems to link environment and health data -- Application of HEADLAMP in the field -- The HEADLAMP approach : a new model for environmental health decision-making -- Annex 1 : Examples of environmental health indicators.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.