Forgotten frontline workers: Environmental health service employees' perspectives on working during the COVID‐19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12781
Abstract: Abstract Background Environmental Health Service employees (EVS) sanitize healthcare facilities and are critical to preventing infection, but are under‐resourced during the COVID‐19 pandemic and at risk of burnout. Objective Understand demands on EVS’ work and… read more here.
Keywords: health service; service employees; covid pandemic; environmental health ... See more keywords
Research on the Establishment and Application of the Environmental Health Indicator System of Atmospheric Pollution in China
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DOI: 10.1007/s00128-020-03084-5
Abstract: To understand the health impact represented by exposure to current atmospheric pollution in China, an environmental health indicators (EHIs) system of atmospheric pollution was established. The EHIs were based on comprehensive consideration of environment, population,… read more here.
Keywords: atmospheric pollution; pollution; health; environmental health ... See more keywords
River sediment metal and nutrient variations along an urban–agriculture gradient in an arid austral landscape: implications for environmental health
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0728-1
Abstract: The effect of metals on environmental health is well documented and monitoring these and other pollutants is considered an important part of environmental management. Developing countries are yet to fully appreciate the direct impacts of… read more here.
Keywords: pollution; river; sediment; sediment metal ... See more keywords
Spatial identification of environmental health hazards potentially associated with adverse birth outcomes
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3800-6
Abstract: Reduced birth weight (RBW) and reduced head circumference (RHC) are adverse birth outcomes (ABOs), often linked to environmental exposures. However, spatial identification of specific health hazards, associated with these ABOs, is not always straightforward due… read more here.
Keywords: spatial identification; birth; health hazards; health ... See more keywords
The synergistic and trade-off effects of economic-environmental-health improvement in agriculture sector: evidence from China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19533-z
Abstract: Typical non-parametric frontier analysis based on material balance principle (MBP) is superior for measuring agricultural economic-environmental trade-offs when considering the flow of materials, but fails to incorporate the serious health effects caused by excessive use… read more here.
Keywords: sector; health; environmental health; efficiency ... See more keywords
Developing environmental health indicators [EHIs] for Iran based on the causal effect model
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DOI: 10.1007/s40201-019-00346-1
Abstract: BackgroundEnvironmental health monitoring and its effects on health are very important in health systems. Relationship between environment and health can be done by simplifying data in understandable indicators for people and policy-makers. The present study… read more here.
Keywords: based causal; causal effect; health indicators; health ... See more keywords
Cumulative Impacts and COVID-19: Implications for Low-Income, Minoritized, and Health-Compromised Communities in King County, WA
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DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01063-y
Abstract: Few studies have assessed how the intersection of social determinants of health and environmental hazards contributes to racial disparities in COVID-19. The aim of our study was to compare COVID-19 disparities in testing and positivity… read more here.
Keywords: health; covid positivity; king county; environmental health ... See more keywords
[Threats, challenges and opportunities for paediatric environmental health in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean].
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anpedi.2018.11.015
Abstract: In a world that is increasingly technological and interconnected, but also more violent, overexploited and polluted, Paediatric Environmental Health (PEH) is one of the best contributions to improve global health. Few areas of the planet… read more here.
Keywords: paediatric environmental; threats challenges; america caribbean; latin america ... See more keywords
Effects of accessibility and environmental health risk on housing prices: a case of Salt Lake County, Utah
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.09.010
Abstract: Abstract While transportation infrastructure can increase housing price by improving accessibility to opportunities, it generates environmental health risks, such as noise and air pollution, which may have negative effects on housing price. However, the combined… read more here.
Keywords: salt lake; housing; lake county; health ... See more keywords
Use of groundwater and reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation: Farmers' practices and attitudes and related environmental and health risks.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133945
Abstract: Agricultural reuse of treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation is widely practiced. Its conjunctive use with freshwater is becoming more common to guarantee food security, while the rationale behind and its sustainability are quite arguable. The… read more here.
Keywords: tww; conjunctive use; health; environmental health ... See more keywords
A framework for the environmental, health and safety hazard assessment for amine-based post combustion CO2 capture
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.11.013
Abstract: Given the environmental concerns driving process developments and considering the size and scale of potential application of post combustion capture (PCC), it is important to fully understand process hazards. In this work we present an… read more here.
Keywords: degradation; ehs assessment; process; assessment ... See more keywords