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Health
Emerging Issues
Major Assessments
UNEP/UNICEF/WHO
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 CHILDREN
IN THE NEW MILLENIUM: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON HEALTH
UNICEF/UNEP/WHO; 2002. 140p.
ISBN: 92 4 159016 5.
In the context of examining progress made since the 1990 World Summit for
Children and the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,
this book provides an overview of key environmental risks to children's
health and the underlying causes. Specific environmental threats of major
importance to children are described, including lack of safe water and sanitation,
chemical pollution and radiation, indoor and outdoor air pollution and natural
resource degradation.
UNEP
DOMESTIC
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Edited by H.H.B. Gopalan and S. Saksena. 253 p.
United Nations Environment Programme and Tata Energy Research Institute, New
Delhi, 1999.
This book is an assessment of the state of knowledge, contemporary situation,
and status of scientific data that links domestic environmental parameters
to the health of women and component of this study. The book provides examples
of how social and political backgrounds determine women’s activity and
patterns at home and work, and how this consequently affects their health.
UN
WHO
-
 Environmental
Health in Emergencies and Disasters
WHO, Geneva, 2003.
Wisner, B., Adams, J. 272 p.
This volume distills what is known about environmental health during an
emergency or disaster. It draws on results from the International Decade
for Natural Disaster Reduction, and on experience with sustainable development
between the two Earth Summits, in Rio de Janeiro and Johannesburg.
ISBN: 92 4 154541 0.
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 WSH
CD-ROM - Water, Sanitation and Health Electronic Library
WHO, Geneva, 2003.
This second edition of WHO's water sanitation and health electronic library
compiles information available from the World Health Organization on the
theme.
ISBN: 92 4 154577 1.
Available for download from: http://bookorders.who.int/
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 The
health effects of indoor air pollution exposure in developing countries
(PDF)
WHO, Geneva, 2002.
WHO/SDE/OEH/02.05. 40 p.
by Nigel Bruce, Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Rogelio
Perez-Padilla, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases -Mexico, Rachel
Albalak, Department of International Health, Rollins School of Public Health
of Emory University, Atlanta.
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 THE
WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2002: Preventing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life
WHO, Oct. 2002.
This report examines more than risks to health and identifies interventions
that would reduce these risks, thereby increasing healthy life years. The
risks to health include underweight, unsafe sex, high blood pressure, tobacco,
alcohol, unsafe water and sanitation, cholesterol, indoor smoke from solid
fuels, iron deficiency and overweight.
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 CHILDREN'S
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE
An overview of the available evidence on the
relationship between the physical environment and children’s health,
identifying both research needs and policy priorities to protect children’s
health from environmental hazards.
A joint report from the European Environment Agency and the WHO Regional
Office for Europe.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,
2002.
ISBN 92-9167-412-5.
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DEPLETED
URANIUM IN KOSOVO: SOURCES, EXPOSURE AND HEALTH EFFECTS - 2001
Department of Protection of the Human Environment,
World Health Organization, Geneva, April 2001.
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 Monitoring
Ambient Air Quality for Health Impact Assessment (PDF)
WHO Regional Publications, European Series,
No 85.
World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999.
A guide to the principles and methods of air quality assessment aimed at
measuring population exposure to ambient air pollutants and estimating the
effects on health. Addressed to policy-makers as well as scientists engaged
in air quality monitoring, the book responds to the failure of most monitoring
systems to provide data that are useful in estimating and managing threats
to health.
ISBN: 92 890 1351 6.
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 HEALTH
AND ENVIRONMENT IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 1997
Five Years After the Earth Summit
World Health Organization, Geneva, 1997.
WHO/EHG/97.8 - 242 p.
An expert assessment of what is known about the current state of environmental
degradation, its root causes, and the specific consequences for human health.
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 CLIMATE
CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH - 1996
WHO/EHG/96.7. 297 p.
McMichael, A.J., Haines, A., Slooff, R., Kovats, S.
Prepared by a Task Group on Behalf of WHO, WMOand UNEP.
An expert scientific assessment of the impact that climate change might
have on the health of the world's population. The report adopts a cautious
approach, using the best scientific studies to provide reasonable predictions
and realistic recommendations for action. Throughout the report, the complexities
of climate change, the limitations of current research methodologies, and
the consequent uncertainty of future predictions are repeatedly emphasized.
Available for download from: http://bookorders.who.int/
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 Environmental
Health in Urban Development
Technical Report Series No 807.
WHO, 1991.
Assesses what can be done to alleviate the many severe health problems associated
with urban environments, where the living conditions of hundred of millions
of people adversely affect their health, cause misery, and have potentially
catastrophic social consequences.
ISBN: 92 4 120807 4.
Available for download from: http://bookorders.who.int/
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