INTRODUCTION Preemption is a legislative or judicial arrangement in which a higher level of government precludes lower levels of government from exercising authority over a topic. In the area of smoke-free policy, preemption typically takes the form of a state law that prevents communities from adopting local smoking restrictions. BACKGROUND A broad consensus exists among tobacco control prac...

the main purpose of the study is determination of the pollutants hazard potential as well as environmental vulnerability of qarah su river. first the most significant pollutant sources in the qarah su river watershed were identified and then accordingly the pollution hazard potential rate was calculated in universal ranking system model setting. then, by generalizing the algebraic sum of the re...

VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2, 1994 THE LINCOLN LABORATORY JOURNAL 449 opment Program, will provide such improved weather information by integrating data from various FAA and National Weather Service (NWS) sensor and weather information systems. Figure 1 shows the major data sources for ITWS and some of the system’s principal users. Figure 1 emphasizes one of the important technological features of ITWS—t...

Waste sorts were conducted during each of the four quarters (or seasons) of 1996 at the City of Columbia Sanitary Landfill. A detailed physical sampling protocol was outlined. Weight fractions of 32 waste components were quantified from all geographic areas that contribute to the Columbia Sanitary Landfill using a two-way stratification method, which accounted for variations in geographical reg...

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, includ...

environmental communication is the information transfer between sources and recipients of through communication channels. the aim of this study is to investigate the process and its challenges in iran. target populations for this study consisted of state environmental experts in the department of environment (n=184), data was collected using the questionnaire tools. results revealed that enviro...

Many of the common social, economic, occupational and environmental health concerns of today are complex and multi-faceted. Census of Population, vital statistics, cancer morbidity, radiation exposure and work histories are important national data sources because of their comprehensiveness and inclusiveness over time. Record linkage is the process of bringing together two or more data sources r...

In this paper we present the results of the first phase of the project Who is Who in Brazilian Environmental Health. The aim of this project is to identify and characterize the Academic Groups and Civil Society Organizations acting on the field of environmental health that are able to contribute both to the strengthening of its technical and scientific basis, and to the dialogue with organized ...

The main purpose of the study is determination of the pollutants hazard potential as well as environmental vulnerability of Qarah Su River. First the most significant pollutant sources in the Qarah Su river watershed were identified and then accordingly the pollution hazard potential rate was calculated in Universal Ranking System Model setting. Then, by generalizing the algebraic sum of the re...