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The Illustrated Dictionary of Environmental Health and Occupational Safety is a unique and comprehensive reference source for the vast and diverse collection of interrelated terms and topics that encompass the field of environmental science. Covering major environmental subjects as well as general background, the book provides definitions in the area of environmental health and occupational safety. The Second Edition reflects the expansion and evolution of this field with the addition of thousands of new terms, including new terminology related to equipment and environmental control, new and emerging diseases, hazardous chemicals, and bioterrorism and emergency response. Koren; Herman Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, I,

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Definitions are easy to read and expanded entries are provided for many of the items. A comprehensive publication that focuses on all aspects of environmental health, this dictionary will appeal to students and practitioners in areas related to the environment, occupational health, medicine, law, engineering, and related fields. This volume is recommended for academic and special libraries serving all fields of environmental and health studies, as well as public libraries. - E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 2005 Until I methodically proceeded through this dictionary, I confess that I really did not appreciate the enormous breadth of the field of practice and the underlying and supporting sciencesI was virtually spellbound over how encompassing and exciting this field of science actually is Nelson Fabian, Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association (from the Foreword)

Definitions are easy to read and expanded entries are provided for many of the items. ... A comprehensive publication that focuses on all aspects of environmental health, this dictionary will appeal to students and practitioners in areas related to the environment, occupational health, medicine, law, engineering, and related fields. This volume is recommended for academic and special libraries serving all fields of environmental and health studies, as well as public libraries. - E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 2005 Until I methodically proceeded through this dictionary, I confess that I really did not appreciate the enormous breadth of the field of practice and the underlying and supporting sciences...I was virtually spellbound over how encompassing and exciting this field of science actually is... Nelson Fabian, Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association (from the Foreword)

""Definitions are easy to read and expanded entries are provided for many of the items. … A comprehensive publication that focuses on all aspects of environmental health, this dictionary will appeal to students and practitioners in areas related to the environment, occupational health, medicine, law, engineering, and related fields. This volume is recommended for academic and special libraries serving all fields of environmental and health studies, as well as public libraries."" - E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 4, April 2005 ""Until I methodically proceeded through this dictionary, I confess that I really did not appreciate the enormous breadth of the field of practice and the underlying and supporting sciences…I was virtually spellbound over how encompassing and exciting this field of science actually is…"" Nelson Fabian, Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association (from the Foreword)

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