The Canadian Guide to Health and the Environment - Couverture souple

 
9780888642936: The Canadian Guide to Health and the Environment
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0888642938 ISBN 13 : 9780888642936
Editeur : University of Alberta Press, 1999

Synopsis

Canadians enjoy their beautiful surroundings, but they do have concerns about environmental hazards that may affect their health. This book offers help in understanding the issues and risks. Open the The Canadian Guide to Health and the Environment and you'll quickly find clear, balanced information to help answer your questions about the following topics and more: global warming, drinking water, irradiated food, deforestation, asthma, sick-building syndrome, noise, suntanning, cancer, PCBs. The handy What You Can Do sections suggest how to tackle issues in ways that suit your particular situation. Educator and public-health physician Tee L. Guidotti with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and a host of expert contributors walks you through the many issues linking the environment and your health. Use the Guide as a reference to specific topics, a readable overview of environmental health concerns, or a learning tool for students, parents, and families. The Guide includes: a quick-access glossary a bibliography of helpful publications, plus dozens of references to books, agencies, and internet sites you can explore for further information a series of quizzes and games to check your environmental knowledge, and an index for easy reference. The Canadian Guide to Health and the Environment will help you make decisions that are right for you and your family and good for our environment.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tee L. Guidotti is Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health. He is also Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Director of the Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology at GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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Éditeur
University of Alberta Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0888642938
ISBN 13 
9780888642936
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
340
Éditeur
Guidotti Tee Lamont, Gosselin Pierre
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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