Environmental Health in Australia and New Zealand

This is an introductory textbook for the current and emerging needs of the environmental health professional. This book is unique in that its framework is based on Risk Assessment, a methodology adopted worldwide to address environmental health issues; and also in that it highlights environmental health issues applicable to Australia and New Zealand. This book provides a framework for assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing those aspects of human health that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in the environment.