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This is an introductory textbook for the current and emerging needs of the environmental health professional. This book is unique in that its framework is based on Risk Assessment, a methodology adopted worldwide to address environmental health issues; and also in that it highlights environmental health issues applicable to Australia and New Zealand. This book provides a framework for assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing those aspects of human health that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in the environment.