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Title:

Environmental Health Risk Assessment

Url:

https://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/healthrisk/index.html

Creator:

Cantwell, Laurie

Publisher:

Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.)

Description: This site is designed to help instructors and students locate and use online databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to research environmental risks in their own neighborhoods. Materials include a tutorial that provides a step-by-step example of how to perform an environmental health risk inventory, using an example in Bozeman, Montana. The activity page contains an assignment and instructions for completing environmental health risk inventories, and there is also a page of links to mapping tools available on the internet, links to the tutorials for each mapping tool, and a list of online databases with searchable health-related information and data.

LC Classification:

Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Medicine -- Other, A-Z -- Environmental health
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Geography (General) -- Philosophy. Relation to other topics. Methodology -- Special methods -- Geographic information systems

GEM Subject:

Social studies -- Geography
Health -- Environmental health

Key Concept:

Health -- Public health
Geography -- Geographic information systems (GIS)

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Student Guide
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner
Professional/Practitioner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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