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Environmental health - Coggle Diagram
Environmental health
It involves information across the spectra of:
Environmental Medicine
It focuses on the interactions of humans with physical, chemical, and biological stressors and resultant health outcomes
Environmental Toxicology
It addresses address impacts of extrinsic (environmental) stressors on all living organisms and systems and the intrinsic characteristics of organisms or living systems which facilitate co-occurrence of stressors and reactive receptors (exposure science)
Global Environmental Issues
Social, Economic, and Policy issues which influence environmental health
Addresses environmental stressors
Types
Biological
Harmful algal blooms, microorganisms, zoonoses
Chemical
Antibiotics, desinfection by-products, e-waste, gases, halogenated hydrocarbons, metals and trace elements, nanoparticles, persistent organic pollutants, petrols, pharmaceutical and personal care products, solid waste
Physical
Electgromagnetic fields, noise, particulate matter, radiation, ultraviolet light, etc.
Environmental stressors of varying types and from different sources often result in a unique effect or an array of effects. Responses to stressors differs among species, but also within species.
Health
Homeostatic condition which is devoid of, or resistant to extended periods of morbidity, or in the extreme - mortality.
Addresses global environmental health concerns
For example: climate change, perhaps a manifestation of industrialization and overpopulation, may exacerbate exposure, transport, and toxicity/virulence of many environmental stressors.
Is the discipline that seeks to understand interactions of extrinsic factors with intrinsic characteristics of organismal, population, community, and/or ecosystem, and can therefore be considered an amalgamation of science and medicine. It necessitates concerted multidisciplinary approaches to understanding and influencing environmental health outcomes.
Anthropogenic factors - social, political, and economic - are often major determinants of environmental health.
Reference: Smith, P. (2013). Environmental Health. Recovered from: [
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489059194
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