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Main Title Environmental Deterioration and Human Health Natural and anthropogenic determinants / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Malik, Abdul.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Grohmann, Elisabeth.
Akhtar, Rais.
Publisher Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
Year Published 2014
Call Number RA565-600
ISBN 9789400778900
Subjects Environmental sciences ; Agriculture ; Environmental Medicine ; Environmental pollution
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7890-0
Collation XV, 421 p. 45 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
Part I: Environmental Quality Deterioration and Health -- Part II: Pollution and Health.- Part III: Climate Change and Health -- Part IV Water Quality, Exposure and Health. . This book discusses the natural and anthropogenic determinants of the environment and their impact on human health. It throws light on the perspectives of climate change with case studies from Australia, India, Italy, and Latin America. Themes covered are ecology of antibiotic resistant microorganisms, pesticide and heavy metal (arsenic) problems in natural environment; molecular advances in understanding of microbial interactions; ecological studies of human/animal health and diseases; food security, technological developments and more. The various chapters incorporate both theoretical and applied aspects and may serve as baseline information for future research through which significant development is possible.