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RECORD NUMBER: 4 OF 5| Main Title | World resources, 1998-99 : a guide to the global environment : environmental change and human health / | ||||||||||||
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press, | ||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1998 | ||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 39332338 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0195214072; 9780195214079; 0195214080; 9780195214086 | ||||||||||||
| Subjects | Natural resources--Health aspects ; Environmental health ; Environmental degradation--Health aspects ; Human beings--Effect of environment on ; Ressources naturelles ; Gestion des ressources naturelles ; Climat--Changements | ||||||||||||
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| Collation | x, 369 pages : illustrations, tables, graphs, maps ; 27 cm | ||||||||||||
| Notes | Subtitle from cover. Includes indexes. Biennial publication of the World Resources Institute. |
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| Contents Notes | pt. I Environmental change and human health : Linking environment and health -- Changing environments, changing health -- Improving health through environmental action -- Guest commentaries : Roberto Bertollini ; Clyde Hertzman ; Michael Dorsey ; Devra Lee Davis ; K.J. Nath ; Carolyn Stephens -- Regional profiles : Damming the Senegal River ; China's health and environment -- Appendix : Environmental risks to human health : new indicators -- pt. II Global environmental trends : Critical trends : Population and human well-being ; Feeding the world ; Production and consumption ; The global commons ; Resources at risk ; Regions at a glance -- pt. III Data tables : Economic indicators -- Population and human development -- Health -- Urban data -- Food and agriculture -- Forests and land cover -- Fresh water -- Oceans and fisheries -- Biodiversity -- Energy and materials -- Atmosphere and climate. |