BACKGROUND The study of human exposure to environmental toxicants has evolved as a scientific field over the past 30 years. OBJECTIVES This review provides a historical perspective on the growth of exposure science as a field, with some emphasis on the results from initial observational studies in obtaining information needed for generating hypotheses on significant human contact with environ...

Abstract The economic and environmental performances of agriculture intercropping depend on the complementarities between crops that make up system. objective this work was to analyze citrus-based systems in Coastal Tablelands region Northeastern Brazil, aiming identify associations with better performances. study started construction a set integrated indicators, which field information recorde...

There exist several important benchmark indices in environmental finance, some computed by wellknown financial index providers such as the Dow Jones group or the FTSE group, and others by independent agencies specializing in environmental and ethical issues in finance. The main feature of these sustainability indices is that they are constructed from a selection of financial stocks according to...

In 2008, the statute authorizing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to issue air permits was amended to include a unique requirement to analyze and consider "cumulative levels and effects of past and current environmental pollution from all sources on the environment and residents of the geographic area within which the facility's emissions are likely to be deposited." Data describin...

We have investigated the usefulness of environmental health indicators for the evaluation of environmental health in Korea. We also assessed the association between environmental contamination and health outcomes by integrating indicators into a composite measure. We selected health-related environmental indicators and environment-related health status indicators. The data were obtained from pu...

Background and purpose: Schools are the most appropriate and reliable places for training and educating students. If health principles are not observed in schools, students will be prone to different kinds of health problems. Thus the aim of this research is to study the environmental indices in primary schools in the Behshahr city in 2012. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional descr...