| Description |
xxiv, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Bridging the divide: population mobility and the emergence of disease. Demographic and epidemiological perspectives of human movement / Yorghos Apostolopoulos and Sevil Sönmez -- Key themes pertinent to migration, health, and disease. Population mobility and the geography of microbial threats / Mary E. Wilson. Health barriers and inequities for migrants / Elizabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou. Social networks, social capital, and HIV risks among migrants / Varda Soskolne -- Labor induced migration and disease diffusion. Economic migrants and health vulnerability / Mark N. Lurie. Military personnel: on the move and vulnerable/AIDS to HIV and other STIs / Stuart J. Kingma and Rodger D. Yeager. Selling sex in the era of AIDS: mobile sexworkers and STI/HIV risks / Natalya Timoshkina, Anthony P. Lombardo, and Lynn McDonald. Tracing the diffusion of infectious diseases in the transport sector / Yorghos Apostolopoulos and Sevil Sönmez -- Forced migration: a public health catastrophe. War, refugees, migration, and public health: do infectious diseases matter? / Frederick M. Burkle. Natural disasters, climate change, and the health of mobile populations / Jonathan D. Mayer -- Leisure migration and health concerns: a paradox or inevitability? Casual sex in the sun makes the holiday: young tourists' perspectives / Eugenia Wickens and Sevil Sönmez. In search of the exotic: sex tourism and disease risks / Sevil Sönmez, Eugenia Wickens, and Yorghos Apostolopoulos -- New directions in migration health and medicine. Mapping and modeling disease risk among mobile populations / Henry G. Mwambi and Khangelani Zuma. Ethical and legal issues impacting migrant health / Sana Loue. Migration in a mobile world: health, population mobility, and emerging disease / Brian D. Gushulak and Douglas W. MacPherson |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Transmission.
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Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects.
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Emigration and immigration.
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| Author |
Apostolopoulos, Yiorgos.
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Sönmez, Sevil F.
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| LC no. |
2006940353 |
| ISBN |
0387476679 |
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0387497110 (eISBN) |
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9780387476674 |
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9780387497112 (eISBN) |
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