a guide to the global environment : environmental change and human health text n New York Oxford Oxford University Press c1998 monographic 0 e

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x, 369 p. illus, tables, graphs, maps 27 cm. Pt.I Environmental change and human health : Linking environment and health -- Changing environments, changing health -- Improving health through environmental action -- Guest commentaries : Roberto Bertollini ; Clyde Hertzman ; Michael Dorsey ; Devra Lee Davis ; K.J. Nath ; Carolyn Stephens -- Regional profiles : Damming the Senegal River ; China's health and environment -- Appendix : Environmental risks to human health : new indicators -- Pt.II Global environmental trends : Critical trends : Population and human well-being ; Feeding the world ; Production and consumption ; The global commons ; Resources at risk ; Regions at a glance -- Pt.III Data tables : Economic indicators -- Population and human development -- Health -- Urban data -- Food and agriculture -- Forests and land cover -- Fresh water -- Oceans and fisheries -- Biodiversity -- Energy and materials -- Atmosphere and climate. a joint publication by the World Resources Institute, the United Nations Environment Programme; the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank. Biennial publication of the World Resources Institute. Includes indexes. Subtitle from cover. Environmental degradation Health aspects Environmental health Human beings Effect of environment on Natural resources Health aspects RA565 .W67 1998 0195214072 0195214080 (pbk.) 9780195214079 9780195214086 (pbk.) 9806 20251012174337.0 0000008968