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Book SynopsisEnvironmental chemical hazards are a highly contentious topic in modern life. Nearly every nation on earth has faced its own environmental crises, and also shares perspectives on the possibility of global catastrophes. Of the many global concerns we face, the environmental issue is unique in many ways. The greatest of these is the fundamental scientific nature of the issue, and the extent to which our opinions are formed based on high-level scientific inquiry and assessment. The two key fields of study on this issue, environmental epidemiology and exposure assessment, are still given separate names because of their separate historical roots and scientific traditions, but are seen increasingly as inseparable aspects of the same basic investigation. In this book, Thomas J. Smith and David Kriebel assert that important advances in the quantification of environmental risks can only come through a true synthesis of the two fields. They have built a common biologic model of exposure, physiol
Trade ReviewThis is must reading. I would agree with their tongue-in-cheek assertion that their discussion of assessments must move beyond John Snow's work in epidemiiology of 150 years ago. Theirs is a brilliant step in the right direction. * Doody's Notes *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction - Relating Disease to Exposure. Section A. Exposure and Disease in Individuals Chapter 2. Characteristics of Exposure Chapter 3. Exposure Characterization for Epidemiology Chapter 4. Personal Exposure-Tissue Concentration Relationships Chapter 5. Biomarkers as Indicators of Exposure Chapter 6. Disease Process Models Section B. Exposure and Disease in Populations Chapter 7. Epidemiologic Evaluation of Environmental Hazards Chapter 8. Uncertainty in Measuring Risk Chapter 9. Dosimetry in Epidemiology Section C. Practical Applications of Disease Process Models Chapter 10. Modeling Proportional Disease Processes Chapter 11. Effects of Ammonia and Ozone on Respiratory Symptoms: Examples of Reversible Proportional Disease Processes Chapter 12. Neurobehavioral Effects of Mercury and Popcorn Workers' Lung: Examples of Irreversible Proportional Diseases Processes Chapter 13. Modeling Discrete Disease Processes Chapter 14. Asthma & Indoor Air, Dermatitis & Metalworking Fluids: Examples of Discrete Reversible Disease Processes Chapter 15. Irreversible Discrete Processes Chapter 16. Where Do We Go From Here?
