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This two-volume encyclopedia set contains over 250 entries about environmental health; historical, natural, and manmade environmental events; environmentally related health conditions and diseases; public health practices and initiatives; environmental terms; and organizations and legislation. Entries are all roughly standard with subsections that provide consistent at-a-glance information. They include definitions, demographics, demographics, prevention, treatments, causes and symptoms of environmental crises and diseases, and prognoses. It is cross referencing and contains several other features: bold-faced terms, break-away sections of key-term summaries within most entries, questions to ask your doctor where relevant, a chronology of significant events, biographical and historical sidebars, additional resources at the end of each entry, and contact information for organizations and support groups, as well as a glossary, at the back of Volume 2. The contributors are North American medical writers, doctors and nurses, and biology and environmental science academics. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
