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Title Critical condition : human health and the environment : a report / by Physicians for Social Responsiblity ; edited by Eric Chivian ... [and others]
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1993]
©1993

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 MELB  616.98 Chi/Cch  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Urban and transboundary air pollution: Human health consequences / David C. Christiani -- Drinking-water pollution and human health / Howard Hu and Nancy K. Kim -- Food contamination due to environmental pollution / Elizabeth L. Bowen and Howard Hu -- Occupational exposures and human health / Dean B. Baker and Philip J. Landrigan -- Radiation and health: Nuclear weapons and nuclear power / Kenneth Lichtenstein and Ira Helfand -- War and the environment: Human health consequences of the environmental damage of war / Jennifer Learning -- Loss of stratospheric ozone and health effects of increased ultraviolet radiation / Alexander Leaf -- The possible effects of climate change on health / Andrew Haines -- Human health and population growth / Michael McCally -- Species extinction and biodiversity loss: The implications for human health / Eric Chivian
Analysis Public health
Notes "A report by Physicians for Social Responsibility" -- t.p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Ecology.
Environmental degradation -- Health aspects.
Environmental health.
Pollution -- Health aspects.
Public health.
Public Health.
Environment.
Environmental Health.
Environment.
Environmental Health.
Nature and nurture
Public Health.
Author Chivian, Eric.
Physicians for Social Responsibility (U.S.)
LC no. 93017760
ISBN 0262032120 (hc)
0262531186 (paperback)
Other Titles Human health and the environment
Human health and the environment