Life support : the environment and human health / edited by Michael McCally. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002. - xiii, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environment, Health, and Risk / Michael McCally -- Urban and Transboundary Air Pollution / David C. Christiani and Mark A. Woodin -- Water Quality and Water Resources / John M. Balbus -- Human Health and Heavy Metals Exposure / Howard Hu -- Population, Consumption, and Human Health / J. Joseph Speidel -- Global Climate Change and Health / Andrew Haines, Anthony J. McMichael, and Paul R. Epstein -- Species Loss and Ecosystem Disruption / Eric Chivian -- Ozone Depletion and Ultraviolet Radiation / Frank R. de Gruijl and Jan C. van der Leun -- Environmental Endocrine Disruption / Gina M. Solomon and Ted Schettler -- Body Burdens of Industrial Chemicals in the General Population / Joe Thornton, Michael McCally, and Jeff Howard -- Cancer and the Environment / Richard W. Clapp -- Radiation and Health / Maureen Hatch and Michael McCally -- The Science of Risk Assessment / John C. Bailar III and A. John Bailer -- The Precautionary Principle / Ted Schettler, Katherine Barrett, and Carolyn Raffensperger -- Vulnerable Populations / Philip Landrigan and Anjali Garg -- War and the Environment / Jennifer Leaning -- Sustainable Health Care and Emerging Ethical Responsibilities / Andrew Jameton and Jessica Pierce.

0262134144 (alk. paper)

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Environmental health.
Public health--Environmental aspects.

RA565 / .L54 2002

615.9/02