The health of nations : infectious disease, environmental change, and their effects on national security and development /

In recent decades, new pathogens such as HIV, the Ebola virus, and the BSE prion have emerged, while old scourges such as tuberculosis, cholera, and malaria have grown increasingly resistant to treatment. The global spread of disease does not threaten the human species, but it threatens the prosperi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Price-Smith, Andrew T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Temas:
Communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases > Social aspects.
Communicable diseases > Political aspects.
National security.
Public health.
Environmental health.
Public Health
Environmental Health
Environmental Illness
Communicable Diseases
Maladies infectieuses.
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect social.
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect politique.
Santé publique.
Hygiène du milieu.
public health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Medical policy
Public health
Environmental health
Communicable diseases
Communicable diseases > Political aspects
Communicable diseases > Social aspects
National security
Besmettelijke ziekten.
Milieuverandering.
Nationale veiligheid.
Ontwikkelingsproblematiek.
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Bridging the Gap: A Consilient Methodology
  • 2. Smoking Gun: Preliminary Statistical Evidence
  • 3. Disease, Destitution, and Development
  • 4. Infectious Disease and Security
  • 5. Environmental Change and Disease Proliferation.

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