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Environmental Health Indicators: Bridging the Chasm of Public Health and the Environment: Workshop Summary

AUTHOR Board on Health Sciences Policy; Institute of Medicine; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences Research and Med et al.
PUBLISHER National Academies Press (11/27/2004)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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This report is the summary of the fourth workshop of The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. Environmental Indicators: Bridging the Chasm Between Public Health and the Environment, continues the overarching themes of previous workshops on rebuilding the unity of health and the environment. The purpose of the workshop was to bring people together from many fields, including federal, state, local, and private partners in environmental health, to examine potential leading indicators of environmental health, to discuss the proposed national health tracking effort, to look into monitoring systems of other nations, and to foster a dialogue on the steps for establishing a nationwide environmental health monitoring system. This workshop brought together a number of experts who presented, discussed, and debated the issues surrounding the implementation of a monitoring system.

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ISBN-13: 9780309092654
ISBN-10: 0309092655
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 136
Carton Quantity: 75
Product Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.33 x 6.15 inches
Weight: 0.52 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Maps, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Medical | Public Health
Medical | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)
Dewey Decimal: 363.7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004110129
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This report is the summary of the fourth workshop of The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. Environmental Indicators: Bridging the Chasm Between Public Health and the Environment, continues the overarching themes of previous workshops on rebuilding the unity of health and the environment. The purpose of the workshop was to bring people together from many fields, including federal, state, local, and private partners in environmental health, to examine potential leading indicators of environmental health, to discuss the proposed national health tracking effort, to look into monitoring systems of other nations, and to foster a dialogue on the steps for establishing a nationwide environmental health monitoring system. This workshop brought together a number of experts who presented, discussed, and debated the issues surrounding the implementation of a monitoring system.

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