Environmental interventions

Richer, S. (1999). Part II ARMD-pilot (case series) environmental intervention data. J. Am. Optom. Assoc. 70(1) 24-36. 

Environmental inflows/outflows, in life cycle assessment, 74 809-810 Environmental interactions, test temperature and, 73 487-488 Environmental interventions, in life cycle assessment, 74 820 Environmental issues. See also Environmental concerns concerning phosphoric acids and phosphates, 73 861 electric furnaces, 72 314 emulsion-related, 70 128 ethylene glycol, 72 653-655 with fermentation, 77 49 in fine art examination/conservation, 77 407 108... 

This chapter will review all of the behavioral and environmental interventions that may act as countermeasures to the disruptive effects of sleep loss on waking function. The literature addressing this question is very limited, not well organized, and quite diverse. Many questions remain unanswered. Before reviewing the evidence regarding countermeasures, we will provide a conceptual analysis of the issues surrounding them. 

Figure 15.1 Material flow and environmental interventions across the life-cycle stages in a biofuel system [6].

The impact assessment identifies and characterizes the potential effects produced in the environment by the system under study. The first step is classification, in which the environmental interventions (resources consumed, emissions to the environment) identified in the inventory analysis are grouped in different impact categories or indicators, according to the environmental effects they are expected to produce. For example, CO2 and CH4 emissions are classified in the category global warming potential (GWP). 

Etzel R.A. (1995) Indoor air pollution and childhood asthma effective environmental interventions. Environ. Health Perspec., 103, 55-58. 

IV 45-69 A child in Class IV will need both medical and environmental interventions, including chelation therapy. 

B. Cimprich and D. Ronis, An Environmental Intervention to Restore Attention in Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer, Cancer Nursing 26, no. 4 (2003) 284-292. 

If your child s blood lead level is over 15 or 20 p g/dl, both medical management and environmental intervention are called for. A public health nurse will speak to you about lead poisoning, its potential sources, and ways to reduce blood lead levels. Your child should be retested regularly and tested for iron deficiency and your home examined for sources of lead. Depending on what is found, medical treatment and/or control of lead poisoning sources might be appropriate. Measures that are recommended in response to an elevated blood lead level are discussed in Chapters 5 through 16. 

The revised recommendations in this 1985 Statement reflect current knowledge concerning screening, diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and environmental intervention for children with elevated blood lead levels. ... 

Chemicals such as CFCs and nitrogen oxides that damage the ozone layer are known as ozone-depleting chemicals (ODCs). Concern about the use of chlorofluorocarbons in particular led to the signing of the Montreal Protocol and the subsequent search for alternatives, as discussed earlier. The concerted international effort to resolve this situation remains, despite setbacks and complexities, the most successful environmental intervention achieved to date. 

Although the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned the residential use of lead-based paint in 1978, millions of children remain at risk for exposure to lead from deteriorating paint in older homes. Lead poisoning is especially harmful to children under the age of 5 years because it interferes with growth and development and it has been shown to lower IQ. Symptoms of chronic exposure to lead include diminished appetite, nausea, malaise, and convulsions. Blood lead level fBLL), expressed as micrograms per deciliter (p.g/dL), is used to monitor the effect of chronic exposure. A BLL < 10 p.g/dL is considered normal a BLL > 45 xg/dL requires medical and environmental intervention. At high levels (>70 p.g/dL), lead can cause seizures, coma, and death. 

Thyer, B. A. and Geller, E. S., The "buckle-up" dashboard sticker an effective environmental intervention for safety belt promotion. Environ. Behav., 19, 484,1987. 

Environmental parameters for characterization and aggregation of environmental interventions... 

In this chapter, an approach for designing environmental friendly and profitable SC has been presented. The model consisted of a multi-period MILP that accounts for the multi-objective optimization of economics and environmental interventions. 

Ag Set of midpoint environmental interventions that are combined into endpoint damage factors g... 

Because 10 pg/dl is the lower level of the range at which effects are now identified, primary prevention activities—communitywide environmental interventions and nutritional and educational campaigns—should be directed at reducing children s blood lead to at least below 10 pg/dl. Blood lead levels between 10-14 pg/dl are in a border zone. While the overall goal is to reduce children s blood lead levels below 10 pg/dl, there are several reasons for not attempting medical interventions with individual children to lower blood lead levels of 10-14 pg/dl. (1) At low blood lead levels, laboratory measurements may be inaccurate or imprecise, so a blood lead level in this range could, in fact, be below 10 pg/dl. (2) Effective environmental and medical interventions for children with blood lead levels in this range have not yet been identified and... 

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