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Environmental health addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviours. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments. This definition excludes behaviour not related to environment, as well as behaviour related to the social and cultural environment, and genetics.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Fact sheets on environmental health

Q&As on environmental health

MULTIMEDIA

10 facts on health impact of environment

Features on environmental health

10 facts about water scarcity

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Public health and environment

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Region of the Americas–PAHO
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Global environmental change
Large-scale environmental hazards to human health

Occupational health
Evidence for policy, capacity building, information dissemination and networking

- More about environmental health

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Preventing disease through healthy environments
Global estimates of the environmental burden of disease

Air quality guidelines - global update 2005
Guideline values for selected air pollutants

- More publications

STATISTICS

Quantifying environmental health impacts

RELATED TOPICS

Topics in environmental health
Environmental health in emergencies


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