Elsevier,
Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Second Edition), 2011, Pages 327-334
This chapter analyses the complex influence of climate change on vector borne diseases. It is perhaps expected that climate change will be invoked as a major driving force. The actual effect, however, is highly site specific suggesting that other factors play an equally important role.
Elsevier,
Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 315-323
This chapter focusses on e-waste, encompassing various forms of electrical and electronic equipment that are old, end-of-life electronic appliances. E-waste poses severe health risks to the populations, especially fetuses and children; toxic exposure is involved in the etiology of both chronic/noncommunicable diseases and infectious diseases. The e-waste widespread and chronic exposure in receiver countries poses an actual public health emergency.
Elsevier,
Effects of Lifestyle on Men's Health, 2019, Pages 149-168
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 10 by explaining how obesity is a significant health problem, especially among the people living in developed countries, which also has detrimental effects on the male urogenital system.
Elsevier,
Nutritional Epigenomics, 2019, Pages 51-65
This chapter addresses SDG10 and SDG3 by investigating how studying the impact of race and ethnicity on epigenetic differences related to disease may shed light on the biological pathways through which environments contribute to health disparities.
Elsevier,
Environmental Nutrition, Connecting Health and Nutrition with Environmentally Sustainable Diets, 2019, Pages 181-196
This chapter focuses on the effect of population-level dietary choices (type of foods) and habits (food waste) on environmental sustainability, and introduces four food determinants of sustainable diets from the consumer's perspective.
Elsevier,
Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, Volume 1, 2019, pages 9-16
Contributing to SDGs 2, 3 and 11, this chapter gives an overview of the processes and motivations behind the conception, implementation and persistence of global agricultural policies which have led to food insecurity.
