Main Title |
Infecting ourselves : how environmental and social disruptions trigger disease / |
Author |
Platt, Anne,
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Publisher |
Worldwatch Institute, |
Year Published |
1996 |
OCLC Number |
34685660 |
ISBN |
9781878071316; 1878071319 |
Subjects |
Communicable diseases ;
Medical geography ;
World health ;
Environmentally induced diseases ;
Diseases--Causes and theories of causation ;
Communicable Diseases--epidemiology ;
Communicable Diseases--etiology ;
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects ;
Environmental Pollutants--adverse effects ;
Global Health ;
Pays en développement ;
Pays développš ;
Pollution ;
Maladies infectieuses ;
Conditions sociales ;
Epidemieèen ;
Milieuaantasting ;
Bevolkingsdruk ;
Leefsituatie ;
Antibiotica ;
Gezondheidseffecten ;
Disease--Causes and theories of causation
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
RB152.P53 1996 |
c.1-2 |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/06/1996 |
EKBD |
WWI/P-129 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
05/10/1996 |
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Collation |
79 pages : illustrations. |
Notes |
"April 1996." Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-79). |
Contents Notes |
The burden and challenge of infectious disease -- How social conditions speed up microbial traffic -- How environmental disturbances stimulate microbes -- Waterborne killers -- Wonder drugs no more -- Writing the prescription. Infectious diseases account for more deaths than heart disease & cancer combined. The incidence of these diseases is rising because of ecological changes. What are we doing to ourselves? |