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UNINA9910827243103321 |
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Titolo |
Ecosystem change and public health : a global perspective / / edited by Joan L. Aron and Jonathan A. Patz |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (504 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AronJoan L (Joan Leslie) |
PatzJonathan |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental health |
Public health |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: How to Use This Book""; ""PART I APPROACHES""; ""CHAPTER 1 Information on Issues of Global Change""; ""CHAPTER 2 Epidemiological Study Designs""; ""CHAPTER 3 Geographic Information Systems""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Science/Policy Interface""; ""CHAPTER 5 Integrated Assessment""; ""PART II ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES""; ""CHAPTER 6 Human Populations in the Shared Environment""; ""CHAPTER 7 The Changing Chemistry of Earthà‚€?s Atmosphere""; ""CHAPTER 8 An Earth Science Perspective on Global Change"" |
""CHAPTER 9 Water Resources Management""""CHAPTER 10 Ecology and Infectious Disease""; ""PART III CASE STUDIES""; ""CHAPTER 11 Cholera and Global Ecosystems""; ""CHAPTER 12 Malaria and Global Ecosystem Change""; ""CHAPTER 13 Global Climate Change and Air Pollution""; ""CHAPTER 14 Too Little, Too Much""; ""APPENDIX A Stimulating Inquiry""; ""APPENDIX B The Resource Center""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Glossary""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book includes a resource center describing places to start searches on the World Wide Web, guidelines for finding and evaluating information, suggested study projects, and strategies for encouraging communication among course participants. |
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