Levels in Environmental Health
- 1 March 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
- Vol. 50 (3_Pt_1) , 312-315
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.50.3_pt_1.312
Abstract
A geometrical concept of environmental sanitation is presented depicting a complete environmental sanitation program in the form of a cylinder composed of 4 sectors, 4 levels and 4 concentric annular stages. The sectors are water, food, air and shelter. The levels of public health concern are survival, disease and poisoning, performance, and comfort and enjoyment. The program stages are research, field investigation, analysis and planning, and the action program. The interrelationships of these levels is described.Keywords
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