Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Toxicity, chronic condition
An injury that persists because it is irreversible
or progressive or because the rate of injury is greater than the rate of repair
during a prolonged exposure period (cancer or liver damage). Conditions
classified as chronic include major categories of chronic illnesses such
as heart disease, hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, ulcers, bronchitis, and
emphysema. Any condition lasting three months or more or one of certain
conditions classified as chronic regardless of their time of onset.
Toxin
A poisonous substance of animal or plant origin.
YPLL
Total years of potential life lost, a measure of premature mortality
from all causes over the span from age 1 to 65 years based on age-specific
death rates.
USEFUL INTERNET WEB SITES
Centers for Disease Control:
http://www.cdc.gov. Site includes Emerging
Infectious
Disease,
National
Vital
Statistics,
MMWR
(
Morbidity
and
Mortality
Weekly
),
National
Center
for
Environmental
Health,
and
FoodNet.
World Health Organization:
http://www.who.int/.
Environmental Protection Agency:
Including National Ambient Air Quality
Standards, AIRNOW and Pollution Prevention.
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services:
http://www.dhhs.gov.
Food and Drug Administration:
http://www.fda.gov. Including FDA Con-
sumer Magazine and Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Taber's Online:
http://www.tabers.com. Medical definitions and periodicals.
American Journal of Public Health:
http://www.ajph.org.
Library of Congress
: http://www.loc.gov/ Thomas Search Engine, which
searches the database of the
Congressional Record
for any law or piece of
legislation from the 93rd Congress (1973 - 1974) to the present Congress.
Medline/PubMed
: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.
Powerful search engine for biomedical science literature. Use the “limits”
feature to narrow your search.
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Control of Communicable Diseases in Man
,
15th ed.
,ed.
APHA
.
1990, Washington, DC: APHA.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for
Leading Causes of Injury Death, by Year-United States, 1979—2004
. MMWR Morb
Mortal Wkly Rep, 2006. 55(50): p. 1363.
3. Clough, M.,
Estimating Cancer Mortality
. Environ. Sci. Technol, 1989. 23(8): p.
925 -930.
4. Guite, H.F., C. Clark, and G. Ackrill,
The impact of the physical and urban environment
on mental well-being
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