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HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
THE LINACRE LECTURES 1992-3 |
| By: |
Sir Bryan Cartledge (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£72.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198584172 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198584179 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
10 November, 1994 |
| Series: |
Linacre Lectures |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
If healthy life is at risk from the environment, what can be done? How far are environmental factors implicated in the major health issues of our day? In this book leading medical scientists and environmentalists look at the connections between the environment, social policy, and levels of well-being in developed and developing countries. Originally delivered as Linacre Lectures at Oxford University, the book's chapters examine such issues as the benefits of nuclear power in comparison with the use of fossil fuels; the global context of scarcity and famine; the effects on health of mass food production in developed countries; and the connection between the spread of disease and environmental conditions. Genetic aspects of susceptability to disease are also considered, and the final chapter sums up the many difficult issues ofhuman health in an environmental context. |
| Synopsis: |
Is healthy life at risk from environmental factors? If so, how much, and what can or should be done about it? In this book leading medical scientists and environmentalists look at the connectins between the environment, social policy, and levels of well-being in both developing and developed countries. Topics covered include nuclear power, food supply, and water quality. Disease is considered, especially in the context of the tropics, and the connections betwwen the virulence of infectious diseases and environmental conditions are examined. Genetic aspects of susceptibility to disease are also considered. The contributions in this book originated as Linacre Lectures at the University of Oxford. |
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line figures, tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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