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Klappentext An exploration of the changing conceptions of air and health alongside historical developments in public health. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the theme of air and health from ancient civilisations onwards. The author examines the changing conceptions of air and health alongside historical developments in public health. These historical antecedents provide an illuminating insight into modern air pollution epidemiology! and climate change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Glossary of terms and abbreviations; Foreword David Greaves and Tony McMichael; Introduction; Part I. Whole Air: 1. Early conceptions of air and health; 2. Miasma, contagion, and survival of the fittest; Part II. Polluted Air: 3. As far as is practicable: air pollution policy and public health in England, 1800-1900; 4. Hot air but little action: air pollution policy and public health in England, 1900-1939; 5. Disaster, reductionism and personal responsibility: air pollution policy and public health, 1939-1970; Part III. Air Pollution, Epidemiology and Public Health: Theoretical and Philosophical Considerations: 6. Measuring the health effects of polluted air: quantitative risk assessment case-study; 7. Epidemiological theory and philosophical considerations; 8. Public health, philosophy and the nature of evidence; Part IV. New Horizons: 9. Climate change: science and utilitarianism; 10. Climate change, social justice, and other moral frameworks; 11. The bigger picture: environmental ethics and new moral horizons in public health; 12. Conclusions and recommendations; Index.
