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Abstract: AEHA is a professional group of sanitarians and environmental health professionals who work to control those factors of the environment that result or may result in harmful effects to the health and well-being of all Alaskans.

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Risk assessment for environmental health.

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Source: Can J Public Health. 1979 Nov-Dec;70(6):388-92

Publication Type: Article

Author: E. Somers

Source: Can J Public Health. 1979 Nov-Dec;70(6):388-92

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Canada; Environmental health; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Environmental pollution; Humans; Legislation, Medical; Risk

PubMed ID: 534985 View in PubMed

Research priorities in environmental health.

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Source: BMJ. 1999 Jun 19;318(7199):1636-7

Publication Type: Article

Date: Jun-19-1999

Author: G. Pershagen

Source: BMJ. 1999 Jun 19;318(7199):1636-7

Date: Jun-19-1999

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Environmental health; Europe; Health Priorities; Humans; Research

Abstract: Environmental issues tend to greater political attention than do environmental health aspects. Therefore, when conflicts of interest occur with other environmental concerns, negative consequences for public health may result. For example, a strategy to substantially reduce indoor ventilation in many dwellings in Scandinavia in order to save energy has led to increased humidity levels and higher prevalences of house dust mites. Wood burning for local heating is promoted because it is a renewable source of energy, and diesel vehicles are promoted because they emit lower levels of carbon dioxide per kilometer compared to conventional gas engines, but both practices lead to increased emissions of fine particulates, which have been associated with adverse health effects. Increasing the level of resources available for research into environmental health is one way to help environmental health issues receive greater attention. Environmental health research initiatives taken by the European Commission, the European Science Foundation, and the World Health Organization's regional office for Europe are noted. Environmental health research is multidisciplinary and should encompass basic science as well as applied research. International collaboration is often very useful in environmental health research.

PubMed ID: 10373150 View in PubMed

Environmental health experiences in disaster

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Source: American Journal of Public Health. 1970 Mar;60(3):475-480

Publication Type: Article

Date: Mar-1970

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Author: Alter, AJ

Author Affiliation: Alaska Department of Health and Welfare

Source: American Journal of Public Health. 1970 Mar;60(3):475-480

Date: Mar-1970

Language: English

Geographic Location: U.S.

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Alaska; Communication; Disasters; Emergency medical services; Environmental health; Food Supply; Public Health Administration; Sanitary Engineering; Water supply

Abstract: Earthquake and flood disasters in Alaska created problems for effective environmental control. The problem of maintaining such control is analyzed in terms of plans and activities. Weaknesses in terms of communication are discussed.

PubMed ID: 5461525 View in PubMed

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1348808/pdf/amjphnation00032-0049.pdf

Checking up on environmental health.

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Source: Regist Nurse. 1990 Feb;2(1):26-31, 38

Publication Type: Article

Date: Feb-1990

Author: L. Harris

Source: Regist Nurse. 1990 Feb;2(1):26-31, 38

Date: Feb-1990

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Consumer Participation; Environmental health; Environmental monitoring; Health Policy; Humans; Ontario; Public health nursing

PubMed ID: 2315531 View in PubMed

Urban environmental health hazards and health equity.

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Source: J Urban Health. 2007 May;84(3 Suppl):i86-97

Publication Type: Article

Date: May-2007

Author: Kjellstrom Tord; Friel Sharon; Dixon Jane; Corvalan Carlos; Rehfuess Eva; Campbell-Lendrum Diarmid; Gore Fiona; Bartram Jamie

Author Affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Ostersund, Sweden.

Source: J Urban Health. 2007 May;84(3 Suppl):i86-97

Date: May-2007

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Developing Countries; Hazardous Substances; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Policy Making; Population Density; Poverty; Social Environment; Urban health; World Health Organization

Abstract: This paper outlines briefly how the living environment can affect health. It explains the links between social and environmental determinants of health in urban settings. Interventions to improve health equity through the environment include actions and policies that deal with proximal risk factors in deprived urban areas, such as safe drinking water supply, reduced air pollution from household cooking and heating as well as from vehicles and industry, reduced traffic injury hazards and noise, improved working environment, and reduced heat stress because of global climate change. The urban environment involves health hazards with an inequitable distribution of exposures and vulnerabilities, but it also involves opportunities for implementing interventions for health equity. The high population density in many poor urban areas means that interventions at a small scale level can assist many people, and existing infrastructure can sometimes be upgraded to meet health demands. Interventions at higher policy levels that will create more sustainable and equitable living conditions and environments include improved city planning and policies that take health aspects into account in every sector. Health equity also implies policies and actions that improve the global living environment, for instance, limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In a global equity perspective, improving the living environment and health of the poor in developing country cities requires actions to be taken in the most affluent urban areas of the world. This includes making financial and technical resources available from high-income countries to be applied in low-income countries for urgent interventions for health equity. This is an abbreviated version of a paper on "Improving the living environment" prepared for the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Knowledge Network on Urban Settings.

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Environmental health - from exposure to biomarkers

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Source: Page 342 in S. Chatwood, P. Orr and Tiina Ikaheimo, eds. Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Yellowknife, Canada, July 11-16, 2009. Securing the IPY Legacy: from Research to Action. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2010; 69 (Suppl 7).

Publication Type: Conference/Meeting Material

Date: 2010

, University of Kuopio, Finland Biological, biochemical and molecular markers are needed in order to find a pattern of measurable parameters for environmental health. Our project concentrates on a selection of potentially useful molecular biomarkers, by using human placental perfusion, cell culture models

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Author: A. Rautio; P. Myllynen; K. Vahakangas

Author Affiliation: Centre for Arctic Medicine, Thule Institute, University of Oulu; Department of Biosciences (Pharmacology and Toxicology), University of Oulu; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, Finland

Source: Page 342 in S. Chatwood, P. Orr and Tiina Ikaheimo, eds. Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Yellowknife, Canada, July 11-16, 2009. Securing the IPY Legacy: from Research to Action. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2010; 69 (Suppl 7).

Date: 2010

Language: English

Geographic Location: Finland

Publication Type: Conference/Meeting Material

Digital File Format: Text - PDF

Physical Holding: University of Alaska Anchorage

Notes: Part of Abstracts: Posters. Chapter 8. Food Security and Our Environments.

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Environmental health risk management in Canada.

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Source: Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 1983 Mar;3(1):75-81

Publication Type: Article

Date: Mar-1983

Author: E. Somers

Source: Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 1983 Mar;3(1):75-81

Date: Mar-1983

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Animals; Canada; Carcinogens, Environmental - toxicity; Environmental Pollutants - toxicity; Humans; Legislation, Drug; Risk

Abstract: The legislative basis of the federal Canadian government's control of toxic chemicals is described and examples are given of the practical application, ranging from recommendations to a ban on the sale of the product. The ordered sequence of risk assessment and the application of risk estimation techniques are considered. It is clear that the ultimate political decision is not amenable to simplistic scientific analysis, although risk analysis is valuable in defining, rather than solving, the problem.

PubMed ID: 6612005 View in PubMed

Introduction: women's occupational and environmental health.

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Source: Environ Res. 2006 Jun;101(2):147-8

Publication Type: Article

Date: Jun-2006

Author: Karen Messing; Donna Mergler

Source: Environ Res. 2006 Jun;101(2):147-8

Date: Jun-2006

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Canada; Environmental health; Female; Humans; Occupational Health; Women's health

PubMed ID: 16709470 View in PubMed

Knowledge translation in Arctic environmental health.

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Source: Int J Circumpolar Health. 2012;71

Publication Type: Article

Date: 2012

Author: Eric Dewailly; Chris Furgal

Source: Int J Circumpolar Health. 2012;71

Date: 2012

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Arctic Regions; Environmental health; Humans; Translational Medical Research

Notes: Cites: Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2010 Feb;7(2):651-7420616996; Cites: J Public Health (Oxf). 2006 Dec;28(4):384-917082462

PubMed ID: 22973571 View in PubMed

Meta-analysis of environmental health data.

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Source: Sci Total Environ. 1995 Jan 15;160-161:545-58

Publication Type: Article

Date: Jan-15-1995

Author: V. Hasselblad

Author Affiliation: Center for Health Policy Research and Education, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Source: Sci Total Environ. 1995 Jan 15;160-161:545-58

Date: Jan-15-1995

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Air Pollutants, Environmental - adverse effects; Arctic Regions; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Environmental health; Humans; Meta-Analysis; Models, Statistical

Abstract: Most airborne contaminants have minimal health effects at typical ambient levels, and this is especially true for contaminant levels in the Arctic. Among multiple studies of similar health effects, usually only one or two of the studies show statistically significant effects. Only after an attempt to quantitatively combine the data might some consistency emerge or might the sources of inconsistency be explored. Methods for combining the data from such studies are presented. The methods include combining P-values, combining effect measures using fixed effects models, and combining effect measures using random effects models. Examples of the methods applied to several pollutants, including lead and oxides of nitrogen, are given. Some discussion of the implications of these findings to contaminant levels found in the Arctic is presented.

PubMed ID: 7892584 View in PubMed

Environmental health considerations in the Arctic.

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Source: Pages 145-148 in H. Linderholm et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 87. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Circumpolar Health, UmeÃ¥, Sweden, 1987. Arctic Medical Research. 1988;47 Supp 1.

Publication Type: Article

Date: 1988

Arctic Medical Research, Vol. 47: Suppl. 1, pp. 145-148, 1988 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ARCTIC J.I. Waddington WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark Abstract. The author stresses that the arctic environment is not only threatened by the adverse effects of

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Author: Waddington, J.J

Author Affiliation: WHO Regional Office for Europe, Coppenhagen, Denmark

Source: Pages 145-148 in H. Linderholm et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 87. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Circumpolar Health, UmeÃ¥, Sweden, 1987. Arctic Medical Research. 1988;47 Supp 1.

Date: 1988

Language: English

Geographic Location: Multi-National

Publication Type: Article

Digital File Format: Text - PDF

Physical Holding: Alaska Medical Library

Keywords: Arctic Regions; Cold Climate - adverse effects; Environmental health - trends; Environmental pollution - prevention & control; Humans

PubMed ID: 3272596 View in PubMed

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Environmental health collaboration: United States and Russia.

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Source: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2003 Aug;206(4-5):333-8

Publication Type: Article

Date: Aug-2003

Author: C H Rubin; R L Jones; B. Revich; S L Avaliani; E. Gurvich

Author Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Health Studies Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. CRubin@cdc.gov

Source: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2003 Aug;206(4-5):333-8

Date: Aug-2003

Language: English

Publication Type: Article

Keywords: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Child, Preschool; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental health; Environmental Pollutants - poisoning; Humans; Infant; International Cooperation; Lead Poisoning - blood; Medical Laboratory Science - instrumentation - methods; Pesticides - poisoning; Risk Assessment - methods; Russia; United States

Abstract: Developed nations share similar challenges to human health from commercial and agricultural chemicals that are released into the environment. Although Russia and the United States are historically distinct and unique, both countries are geographically large and economically dependent on emission-producing surface transportation. This paper describes U.S.-Russian collaborative activities that grew from a 1995 conference in Moscow that brought together environmental health investigators from both countries to discuss common concerns about the human health impact of environmental pollutants. Lead, pesticides, volatile organic compounds, and mercury were identified as contaminants of greatest concern. Collaborative studies were initiated that included collecting blood and hair samples and splitting samples for analyses in both countries, and introducing and sharing new portable blood and environmental sample analyses instruments. The findings demonstrated that hair analysis was not a good predictor of BLL and that Russian children in the first city sampled had a mean BLL of 7.7 microg/dl. Although higher than the U.S. mean, this level was below the 10.0 microg/dl CDC level of concern. This manuscript summarizes additional study results and describes their impacts on Russian policy. On-going collaborative environmental investigations are described.

PubMed ID: 12971688 View in PubMed

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Environmental health and nursing.

Alaska Environmental Health Association (AEHA)

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Risk assessment for environmental health.

Research priorities in environmental health.

Environmental health experiences in disaster

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Checking up on environmental health.

Urban environmental health hazards and health equity.

Environmental health - from exposure to biomarkers

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Environmental health risk management in Canada.

Introduction: women's occupational and environmental health.

Knowledge translation in Arctic environmental health.

Meta-analysis of environmental health data.

Environmental health considerations in the Arctic.

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Environmental health collaboration: United States and Russia.