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Environmental impact of cleaning agents — Environmental impacts of cleaning agents are the consequences of chemicals contained in the products that are essential for their effectiveness. Bioactive molecules that are detrimental to the environment can either result from molecules that… … Wikipedia
Environmental medicine — is a multidisciplinary field involving medicine, environmental science, chemistry and others. The scope of this field involves studying the interactions between environment and human health, and the role of the environment in causing or mediating … Wikipedia
Environmental engineering — [cite book|author=Danny D. Reible|title=Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering |publisher=CRC Publishers|year=1998|id=ISBN 1 56670 047 7] [cite book |author=James R. Mihelcic, Martin T. Auer, and others |title=Fundamentals of Environmental… … Wikipedia
Environmental health officer — Environmental health officers (EHOs) are usually employed by local government or state health authorities to advise on and enforce public health standards. However, many are employed in the private sector and in the military.EHOs or their… … Wikipedia
Disease surveillance — is an epidemiological practice by which the spread of disease is monitored in order to establish patterns of progression. The main role of disease surveillance is to predict, observe, and minimize the harm caused by outbreak, epidemic, and… … Wikipedia
Environmental data rescue — is a collection of processes, including photography and scanning, that stores historical and modern environmental data in a usable format. The data is then analyzed and used in scientific models. Historical weather information helps… … Wikipedia
Environmental journalism — is the collection, verification, production, distribution and exhibition of information regarding current events, trends, issues and people that are associated with the non human world with which humans necessarily interact. To be an… … Wikipedia
Environmental health — is the branch of public health that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health. Other terms that refer to the discipline of environmental health include environmental public health and… … Wikipedia
Environmental degradation — is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife.Environmental degradation is one of the ten threats officially cautioned by the High… … Wikipedia
Disease burden — is the impact of a health problem in an area measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity, or other indicators. It is often quantified in terms of quality adjusted life years (QALYs) or disability adjusted life years (DALYs), which combine… … Wikipedia
