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The Identification of Man-made Environmental Hazards to Health

A Manual of Epidemiology

  • Textbook
  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Michael E. McDowall
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Health and Environmental Hazards

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 1-9

  3. Types of Potential Environmental Health Hazards

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 10-33

  4. Health Mechanisms and Outcomes

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 34-46

  5. Epidemiological Methods and Data for the Identification of Man-made Environmental Hazards to Health

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 47-80

  6. Chance or Not? Expected Levels and Statistical Significance

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 81-104

  7. Environment or…? Establishing Causality

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 105-119

  8. Policies, Probabilities and Proof

    • Michael E. McDowall
    Pages 120-128

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 129-140
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About this book

Environmental hazards to health are a matter of growing concern which is reflected in the amount of public debate about such issues as lead in petrol, dumping of nuclear waste and chemical tips. The identification of hazards is a huge problem for the medical services. This book summarises those hazards which are already identified, then shows how health workers can decide whether they have a statistically significant incidence of disease and how they can seek to establish causal relationships between particular hazards and diseases. The large number of areas where causal relationships are difficult to prove highlights the need for health workers to be aware of the type of methods outlined in this book.

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