scope:

This best-selling offering from the APHA/Jones & Bartlett Learning Essential Public Health series is a clear and comprehensive study of the major topics of environmental health, including:

• Background of the field and "tools of the trade" (environmental epidemiology, environmental toxicology, and environmental policy and regulation).

• Environmental diseases (microbial agents, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation).

• Applications and domains of environmental health (water and air quality, food safety, waste disposal, and occupational health).

The Second Edition covers new material including:

• New chapter (Chapter 14) on injuries

• All Web-based sources updated throughout to include the most recent information

• Expanded discussion of the history of environmental health, e.g., contributions of John Snow, Lemuel Shattuck, and Walter Reed

• New case study on pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009

• Coverage of recent environmental controversies, such as use of bisphenol A in plastics