Epidemiologia&Prevenzione 2018, 42 (5-6) settembre-dicembre Suppl. 1

ICSHNet. Environmental health challenges from industrial contamination

Ivano Iavarone, Ivano Iavarone, Roberto Pasetto, Roberto Pasetto

The question of human health in industrially contaminated sites (ICSs) is multi-faceted at the level of problem framing, study design, methodology, analysis, interpretation of results, and derivation of implications for policy and remediation. These dimensions are often separately addressed in real contexts, and this is one of the reasons why a comprehensive approach to the problem is still lacking.Several aspects contribute to make ICSs a relevant public health issue. Characterizing the overall impacts of industrialized areas is a challenging task, due to several factors often related each…Continua su epiprev.it