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Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks

Annette Prüss-Ustün, +2 more
- pp 147-147
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The main message emerging from this new comprehensive global assessment is that premature death and disease can be prevented through healthier environments – and to a significant degree.
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The main message emerging from this new comprehensive global assessment is that premature death and disease can be prevented through healthier environments – and to a significant degree. Analysing the latest data on the environment-disease nexus and the devastating impact of environmental hazards and risks on global health, backed up by expert opinion, this report covers more than 130 diseases and injuries.

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The Environmental Protection Agency

Paul M. Stolpman
- 01 Jan 1982 - 
TL;DR: A case study explores the background of the digitization project, the practices implemented, and the critiques of the project, which aims to provide access to a plethora of information to EPA employees, scientists, and researchers.
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Impact of air pollution on the burden of chronic respiratory diseases in China: time for urgent action

Wei-jie Guan, +3 more
- 15 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: This Review focuses on the major constituents of air pollutants and their impacts on chronic respiratory diseases in China and highlights targets for interventions and recommendations for pollution reduction through industrial upgrading, vehicle and fuel renovation, improvements in public transportation, lowering of personal exposure, and improvement in air quality.
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Grant L. Campbell, +10 more
- 01 Oct 2011 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Asia, focusing on rural and suburban areas where rice culture and pig farming coexist.
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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene for selected adverse health outcomes: An updated analysis with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

Annette Prüss-Ustün, +10 more
- 12 May 2019 - 
TL;DR: Despite recent declines in attributable mortality, inadequate WASH remains an important determinant of global disease burden, especially among young children, and contributes to global monitoring such as for the Sustainable Development Goal indicator on mortality from inadequate Wash.
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Legislative Smoking Bans for Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure, Smoking Prevalence and Tobacco Consumption

Janice Christie
- 01 Jul 2011 - 
TL;DR: A Cochrane systematic review was undertaken to answer the question: "does legislation to ban or restrict tobacco smoking reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and smoking behaviour?"
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Michael Marmot, +4 more
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TL;DR: The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) as mentioned in this paper was created to marshal the evidence on what can be done to promote health equity and to foster a global movement to achieve it.
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Justus Eisfeld
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The global distribution and burden of dengue

Samir Bhatt, +22 more
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Robert E. Black, +11 more
- 03 Aug 2013 - 
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