Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, Volume I and II

176 COMMUNITY HEALTH An initial report of a case of tuberculosis, for example, will require that all persons who have contacted ...

COMMUNITY HEALTH 177 residents, or the general public about unsafe workplace envi- ronments. Officials inspect sites where alleg ...

178 COMMUNITY HEALTH its sewerage and industrial wastes. Water potability and safety must meet national standards but water qual ...

COMMUNITY HEALTH 179 Major health problems that confront community health departments include teen-age pregnancies and inadequat ...

180 COMMUNITY HEALTH or be nearly free of symptoms yet spread the infection to other inmates via sputum droplets that contain li ...

COMMUNITY HEALTH 181 fluids. All ambulance equipment and EMT-A training is approved by official boards of physicians and other h ...

182 COMMUNITY HEALTH Telemedicine is the transmission of laboratory infor- mation, radiologic interpretations, and clinical info ...

COMMUNITY HEALTH 183 and the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), based at Emmitsburg, Maryland, who provide ...

184 COMMUNITY HEALTH Woodward, B., The Computer-based Patient Record and Confidential- ity, N. Engl. J. Med. , 1995; 333: 1414– ...

185 COMPOSTING INTRODUCTION Composting is the biological decomposition of semi-dry organic waste by microorganisms under control ...

186 COMPOSTING now removed, the resulting source-separated organic waste (SSOW) is nutritionally richer, yet, because of increas ...

COMPOSTING 187 composted feedstock in order to sustain the microbial attack under aerobic conditions. At least one investigator ...

188 COMPOSTING conditions. All large-scale facilities go to great lengths to maintain aerobic conditions throughout the composti ...

COMPOSTING 189 of wastes chosen to provide the appropriate environment and ensure active decomposition within the windrow. Waste ...

190 COMPOSTING in use or under construction. The largest, a tunnel reactor in Baltimore, Maryland, has a throughput of 2,500 ton ...

COMPOSTING 191 While compost maturity is a key parameter for end use applications, it is important to note that unlike other par ...

192 COMPOSTING causal relationship between compost operations and the disease. 31,32 With background levels of this ubiquitous f ...

COMPOSTING 193 Anonymous, “Municipal Refuse Disposal,” publication of American Public Works Association, Public Administration ...

194 D DESALINATION INTRODUCTION Our planet, the earth or gaia, is a water place. Water occu- pies 70% of the total earth’s area, ...

DESALINATION 195 The tropical regions, where the temperature is about 30C in summer and 22C during winter. The subtropical reg ...