Emerging biological threats : a reference guide /

"What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Callahan, Joan R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, ©2010.
Colección:Non-Series.
Temas:
Emerging infectious diseases.
Health risk assessment.
Food security.
Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
Food Contamination > prevention & control
Hazardous Substances > adverse effects
Public Health > history
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Health Status Indicators
Maladies infectieuses émergentes.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation.
Sécurité alimentaire.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Emerging infectious diseases
Food security
Health risk assessment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy."--Publisher's description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 327 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780313372100
0313372101
3133720945
9783133720946
1282385933
9781282385931
9786612385933
6612385936

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