scholarly journals Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities - Katrina Smith Korfmacher

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Redenz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Urban Communities

scholarly journals Identifying environmental health priorities in underserved populations: a study of rural versus urban communities

Public Health ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (11) ◽  
pp. 994-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Bernhard ◽  
M.B. Evans ◽  
S.T. Kent ◽  
E. Johnson ◽  
S.L. Threadgill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Health Priorities

scholarly journals A Breath of Fresh Air: Approaches to Environmental Health in Late Medieval Urban Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-151
Author(s):  
Carole Rawcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Human Physiology ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Stagnant Water ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Classical Greece ◽  
Clean Air

AbstractThis essay explores the medieval belief that disease was spread by the foul odours arising from such common nuisances as butchers’ waste, dung heaps, stagnant water, and tanneries, as a result of which great importance was placed upon fresh, clean air in medieval cities, especially in times of pestilence. It examines the medical rationale behind these ideas, which derived from Classical Greece and reflect sophisticated assumptions about human physiology. It also considers the numerous sanitary measures that were introduced at both a national and local level in pursuit of a hygienic urban environment, and the extent to which ordinary citizens recognised the vital role played by the air that they breathed in preserving or endangering communal health.

Applications of CCEM to Environmental Health Problems

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 102-103
Author(s):  
R. J. Lee ◽  
J. S. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Computer Control ◽  
External Agent ◽  
External Agents ◽  
Computer Controlled ◽  
Primitive State ◽  
Textural Changes ◽  
General Aspects

Electron microscopy (EM), with the advent of computer control and image analysis techniques, is rapidly evolving from an interpretative science into a quantitative technique. Electron microscopy is potentially of value in two general aspects of environmental health: exposure and diagnosis.In diagnosis, electron microscopy is essentially an extension of optical microscopy. The goal is to characterize cellular changes induced by external agents. The external agent could be any foreign material, chemicals, or even stress. The use of electron microscopy as a diagnostic tool is well- developed, but computer-controlled electron microscopy (CCEM) has had only limited impact, mainly because it is fairly new and many institutions lack the resources to acquire the capability. In addition, major contributions to diagnosis will come from CCEM only when image analysis (IA) and processing algorithms are developed which allow the morphological and textural changes recognized by experienced medical practioners to be quantified. The application of IA techniques to compare cellular structure is still in a primitive state.

Nursing and Environmental Health Roundtable: August 26-27, 2002, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina: Final Report

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Nastoff ◽  
◽  
Diane M. Drew ◽  
Pamela S. Wigington ◽  
Julie Wakefield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Research Triangle
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