Environmental Health Hazards and Social Justice : Geographical Perspectives on Race and Class Disparities.

This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes among disadvantaged population groups. Estimates suggest that about 40 per cent of the global burden of disease is attributable to exposures to biologi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Margai, Florence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Environmental health > Social aspects.
Medical geography > Social aspects.
Health and race > Environmental aspects.
Poor > Health and hygiene > Environmental aspects.
Géographie médicale > Aspect social.
Santé et race > Aspect de l'environnement.
Pauvres > Santé et hygiène > Aspect de l'environnement.
Environmental health > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes among disadvantaged population groups. Estimates suggest that about 40 per cent of the global burden of disease is attributable to exposures to biological and chemical pathogens in the physical environment. And with today's rapid rate of globalization, and these hazardous health effects are likely to increase, with low income and underrepresented communities facing even greater risks. In many places around the world, marginalized communities unwil.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:9781136537820
1136537821

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