Table of Contents

Contributors
Acknowledgments
1: Howard Frumkin: Introduction: Safe and Healthy School Environments
THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCHOOL
2: Lorraine E. Maxwell: Crowding, Class Size and School Size
3: Barbara Erwine: Lighting
4: Lorraine E. Maxwell: Noise
5: Jouni J.K. Jaakola: Temperature and Humidity
6: Cheryl Bennett, Andree Woodcock, and Diane Tien: Ergonomics for Students and Staff
7: Jerome A. Paulson and Chinonye Harvey: Animal Safety
8: Robin Moore: Playgrounds
9: Sandra West, Hope Jackson, Robert Geller, and Howard Frumkin: Injury Prevention
AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS
10: Bob Axelrad: Indoor Air Quality
11: Robert J. Geller: Mold
12: Andrea Hricko: Ambient Air Pollution
TOXIC HAZARDS IN SCHOOLS
13: Troy Pierce and Robert J. Geller: Pest Control
14: Stephen Ashkin and Richard Ellis: Cleaning Materials and Methods
15: Jennifer Audi and Robert J. Geller: Chemical Exposures In and Out of the Classroom
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
16: Jeannie Sneed: Food Safety
17: Nicole Hanson and Mary Story: Nutrition at School: Creating a Healthy Food Environment
18: David Marshall: Safe and Healthy Sports Environments
VIOLENCE AND DISASTERS
19: Tod Schneider: Crime and Violence Prevention Through Environmental Design
20: Angelo Bellomo: Emergency Management
TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL
21: H. Douglas Robertson and Jeffrey C. Tsai: Safe School Travel
22: Linda B. Crider and Amanda K. Hall: Healthy School Travel: Walking and Bicycling
MANAGING FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS
23: Charles Eley: High Performance School Buildings
24: David Mudarri: The Economics of Safe and Healthy Schools
25: Angelo Bellomo: Evaluating the School Environment
26: Kathy Gips, Janice Nodvin, and I. Leslie Rubin: Children and Adults with Disabilities
HEALTH SERVICES IN SCHOOLS: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS
27: Julia Lear: Health Services at School: Environmental Considerations
28: W. Gerald Teague: Care of Asthmatic and Allergic Students
29: Harry Keyserling: Infectious Disease in Schools: Prevention and Control
30: Darryl Alexander: Occupational Health Safety for Faculty and Staff

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"I liked this book a lot...The book provides remedies that can be attempted in districts where budgets are quite limited or in cases where so-called portable classrooms have become fixtures."--Doody's
"I liked this book a lot...The book provides remedies that can be attempted in districts where budgets are quite limited or in cases where so-called portable classrooms have become fixtures."--Doody's