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Health, environment and disease; a guidance note (pdf 332k)

This Guidance Note examines the conditions which determine whether an environmental hazard is responsible for a substantial amount of disease, and whether feasible measures are available to prevent it. It considers three problems which account for nearly three quarters of the environmental burden of disease:

  • Water, sanitation and hygiene
  • Indoor air pollution, and
  • Injuries.
 

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