Essays about: "Health-impact assessment"

Found 4 essays containing the words Health-impact assessment.

  1. 1. Impacts of climate change on indoor thermal comfort in typical Swedish residential buildings - Assessing risks for human health

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Jessica Rumpca; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate change; Swedish building stock; Indoor thermal comfort; Overheating risk; Health-impact assessment; Human temperature-exposure; Temperature-related morbidity and mortality; Human excess vulnerability; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : There is strong evidence that climate change has a direct impact on humans and extreme temperatures have been linked to negative health impacts and increasing mortality. The heat wave of 2018 caused up to 8.2% more deaths compared to the year before in Sweden, with higher impacts in other parts of the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. Household air pollution exposure in sub-Saharan Africa and assessment of disease burden attributable to risk factor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Festina Balidemaj; [2020]
    Keywords : Air pollution; household air pollution; burden of disease; acute lower respiratory infection; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ischemic heart disease; lung cancer; stroke; sub-Saharan Africa; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND: One of the major environmental threats to human health is air pollution. It contributes to premature deaths of millions of people worldwide. Air quality issues are growing exponentially in developing countries (West et al. 2016). READ MORE

  4. 3. Ambient air pollution and low birth weight : A health impact assessment in the Philippines

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Stine Randeris; [2019]
    Keywords : particulate matter 2.5; pm2.5; air pollution; low birth weight; birth weight;

    Abstract : Introduction: The attention on environmental impact on human health is rising. But, the association between particulate matter 2.5 and birth weight is still not acknowledged in the global burden of diseases, and the association has not yet been studied in the Philippines. READ MORE

  5. 4. Waste management and impact on people's health when cultivating on sites contaminated with heavy metals : Minor field study made in Zomba, Malawi

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Sofie Orvestedt; [2015]
    Keywords : heavy metals; contamination; waste disposal; food safety; health impact; contaminated soil;

    Abstract : This minor field study was executed in Zomba, Malawi, where land for cultivation is scarce, resulting in cultivation at potentially contaminated sites. Waste dumps are one of the main sources of heavy metal contamination and excessive levels in soil might lead to elevated levels in crops which can cause severe health effects. READ MORE