Air quality and human health / Hedley G. Peach
- Bib ID:
- 1908823
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Peach, Hedley
- Description:
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- Canberra, A.C.T. : Environment Australia, c1997
- 50 p. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642252947
- Series:
- Australia : state of the environment technical paper series (Atmosphere)
- Full contents:
- 1. Causal relationships in epidemiological studies of air quality and health - - 1.1. Assessment of causation in studies of air quality and health - - 1.2. Data abstracted from published papers - - 2. Associations between health effects and outdoor air quality in Australia - - 2.1. Description of the evidence - - 2.1.1. Differences in air quality studied - - 2.1.2. Health effects studied - - 2.1.3. Study design used - - 2.1.4. Populations studied - - 2.1.5. Main results - - 2.2. Consideration of non-causal explanations - - 2.2.1. Chance - - 2.2.2. Bias - - 2.2.3. Confounding - - 2.2.4. Features of associations - - 3. Associations between health efects and outdoor air quality overseas - Europe and elsewhere - - 3.1. Description of the evidence - - 3.1.1. Differences in air quality studied - - 3.1.2. Health effects studied - - 3.1.3. Study designs used - - 3.1.4. Populations studied - - 3.1.5. Main results - - 3.2. Consideration of non-causal explanations - - 4. Comparison between Australian and overseas data on health effects of outdoor air quality - - 5. Methodological approaches to the quantification of health effects of air quality - - 6. Limitations of current data collections in quantifying associations between air quality and health in Australia - - 7. Gaps in knowledge base of the impacts of air quality on health - - 8. Options for the development of suitable indicators of the impacts of air quality on human health in Australia - - 9. Health related cost-benefits of improving air quality in Australia - - 10. Risk communication strategies - - 11. Other indicators of air quality: benzene.les
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 45-49.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australia. Environment Australia
- Terms of Use:
- Commonwealth of Australia 1997.
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- Until 2047 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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