EESA10H3 Lecture : with lecture slide information + information prof added during lecture
13 Apr 2011
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World health organization: in its broadest sense, environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, disease and injuries that are determined or influenced by factors in the environment. housing: what type of house we live in (i. e. old, with lead pipes, means there will be lead in the drinking water) urban development: rural/urban areas or developing/developed areas. The environment is everything that affects a living organism. Air, water, and soil are the main compartments of our general environment that affect human health. Also included is the manmade environment (everything that is created by society; roads, buildings, etc. ) www. notesolution. com. Environmental factors are responsible for 25% of all preventable diseases. 2 of the most hazardous environmental diseases are diarrhea and respiratory infections. Although they are treatable in developed countries, they are deadly in other parts of the world such as africa and asia. Difficult to assess: it is difficult to assess that air pollution or the environment causes diseases.
