Health Without Borders Epidemics in the Era of Globalization /
This book discusses globalization and its impact on human health. The population of the world grew from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion in 2012, and over the past 50 years the mean temperature has risen faster than ever before. Both factors continue to rise, as well as health inequalities. Our enviro...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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Table of Contents:
- An overview of what global health is. - Food
- Climate change. - The chemical and physical environment. - A time-bomb in poor countries
- The epigenetic landscape. - Public health as a common good.