TY  - BOOK
TI  - Environment and health risks : : a review of the influence and effects of social inequalities / 
AV  - GE170. E957 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Copenhagen, Denmark : 
PB  - World Health Organization (WHO), 
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Global health care
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - Global environmental change
KW  - Environmental management – Afghanistan
KW  - Global environmental change – Social aspects
KW  - Global environmental change – Government policy
KW  - Environmental management – Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - “World Health Organization, EUROPE”—cover page; Contents: Acknowledgements—Introduction—1. Social inequalities in health risk related to ambient air quality—2. Social inequalities in environmental risk associated with housing and residential location—3. The social inequalities in health risks related to unintentional injuries among children—4. Social inequities in working environment and work-related health risks—5. Inequalities, inequities, environmental justice in waste management and health—6. Social inequalities in environmental risks associated with global climate change—7. Environmental inequalities among children and adolescent. A review of the evidence and its policy implications in Europe—8. Summary report on interventions and actions to tackle inequities in physical activity in children—9. Abstracts of country case studies on interventions and actions to tackle inequities in environment and health—11. Social inequality and environmental health in the Russian federation
N2  - Summary: “The main findings of this review may be summarized as follows. A significant proportion of population of the Russian Federation (18%) lives below the poverty line. Unemployment rate has risen dramatically. Income inequality is huge. Air quality and drinking-water quality do not meet applicable standards. Social problems are especially pronounced in so-called monocities, built around large industrial plants. Many local residents in these cities grow crops and vegetables on highly polluted lands, because they cannot afford to buy food in supermarkets. Some locally produced foods have very high levels of toxic pollutants, especially in small settlements near metallurgical and chemical plants…”—(page 259)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_ge170_e957_2010
ER  -