Environmental change and human health
Discusses those aspects of environmental change which might have direct or indirect effects on human health. Includes discussions on water pollution, agricultural pollution, genetic disease and exotic tropical diseases as well as human nutrition and population growth.
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ;
175 |
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470514436 |
Summary: |
Discusses those aspects of environmental change which might have direct or indirect effects on human health. Includes discussions on water pollution, agricultural pollution, genetic disease and exotic tropical diseases as well as human nutrition and population growth. |
Item Description: |
"Symposium on Environmental Change and Human Health, held in collaboration with the European Environmental Research Organisation, at the Nol in't Bosch Hotel, Wageningen, the Netherlands on 1-3 September 1992"--Page v. "A Ciba Foundation symposium jointly with the European Environmental Research Organisation." "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Editors: John V. Lake, Gregory R. Bock (organizers) and Kate Ackrill. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780470514443 (electronic bk.) 0470514442 (electronic bk.) 9780470514436 0470514434 |
Index Number: | RA565 |
CLC: | R12 |
Contents: | CO₂ and the greenhouse effect: present assessment and perspectives / H. Oeschger -- Chemical pollution of the environment: past, present and future / M.R. Hoffmann -- River Rhine: from sewers to the spring of life / A.J.B. Zehnder -- Assessing the greenhouse effect in agriculture / R. Rabbinge, H.C. van Latesteijn and J. Goudriaan -- Food quality and human nutrition / W.P.T. James -- Soil quality in relation to soil pollution / F.A.M. de Haan -- Arthropods as disease vectors in a changing environment / R.W. Sutherst -- Human tropical diseases in a changing environment / D.J. Bradley -- Hum |