Safe and healthy school environments

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Frumkin Howard.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xviii, 462 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780195179477 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195179471 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Index Number: G571
CLC: G571.2
G478-171.2
Call Number: G478-171.2/S128
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : safe and healthy school environments / Howard Frumkin -- Crowding, class size and school size / Lorraine E. Maxwell -- Lighting / Barbara Erwine -- Noise / Lorraine E. Maxwell -- Temperature and humidity / Jouni J.K. Jaakkola -- Ergonomics for students and staff / Cheryl Bennett, Andree Woodcock, and Diane Tien -- Animal safety / Jerome A. Paulson and Chinonye Harvey -- Playgrounds: a 150-year-old model / Robin Moore -- Injury prevention / Sandra West, et al. -- Indoor air quality / Robert Axelrad -- Mold / Robert J. Geller -- Outdoor air pollution / Andrea Hricko -- Pest control / Troy A. Pierce and Robert J. Geller -- Cleaning materials and methods / Stephen Ashkin and Richard Ellis -- Chemical exposures in and out of the classroom / Jennifer Audi and Robert J. Geller. Food safety / Jeannie Sneed -- Nutrition at school: creating a healthy food environment / Nicole Larson and Mary Story -- Safe and healthy sports environments / David Marshall -- Violence and crime prevention through environmental design / Tod Schneider -- Emergency management / Angelo J. Bellomo -- Safe school travel / H. Douglas Robertson and Jeffrey C. Tsai -- Healthy school travel: walking and bicycling / Linda B. Crider and Amanda K. Hall -- High performance school buildings / Charles Eley -- The economics of safe and healthy schools / David Mudarri -- Evaluating the school environment / Angelo Bellomo -- Children and adults with disabilities / Kathy Gips, Janice Nodvin, and I. Leslie Rubin -- Health services at school: environmental considerations / Julia Graham Lear -- Care of asthmatic and allergic students / W. Gerald Teague -- Infectious disease in schools: prevention and control / Harry Keyserling -- Occupational health and safety for faculty and staff / Darryl Alexander.