Environmental health

Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing those factors in the environment that can potentially affect adversely the health of present and future generations http://www.who.int/phe/en/.

Related Topics:
Human health - Environment

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Environmental health as used by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, includes both the direct pathological effects of chemicals, radiation and some biological agents, and the effects (often indirect) on health and wellbeing of the broad physical, psychological, social and aesthetic environment which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport. http://www.who.dk/eprise/main/WHO/Progs/HEP/20030612_1

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Chemical - Radiation - Biological - Wellbeing - Physical - Psychological - Social - Aesthetic - Housing - Urban development - Land use - Transport

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Nutrition, pollution, waste control and public health are related concerns.

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Nutrition - Pollution - Waste - Public health

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When well-being of a whole population is measured, these become economic and political concerns. Increasingly wellness concerns are affecting fiscal policy and prompting some advocates to call for monetary reform (to end systematic pollution credit, governments actually paying to create human health harms).

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Well-being of a whole population is measured - Economic - Political - Wellness - Fiscal policy - Monetary reform - Pollution credit

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