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Health : an ecosystem approach /
Can people remain healthy in a world that is sick? Many ecological disasters can be directly traced to careless exploitation of the environment, with human beings as first perpetrator and then victim. Our health closely mirrors the health of our surroundings: this is the basis of the Ecohealth appro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
©2003.
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| Colección: | In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Can people remain healthy in a world that is sick? Many ecological disasters can be directly traced to careless exploitation of the environment, with human beings as first perpetrator and then victim. Our health closely mirrors the health of our surroundings: this is the basis of the Ecohealth approach. It recognizes the inextricable links between humans and their biophysical, social, and economic environments, and that these links are reflected in the populations state of health. Reconciling an ecosystems health with the health of its human inhabitants is a new area of research, requiring i. |
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| Notas: | Issued also in French under title: La santé, une approche écosystémique. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 84 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-83). |
| ISBN: | 1552501949 9781552501948 1552500128 9781552500125 1280717963 9781280717963 9786610717965 6610717966 |