| Description |
xii, 498 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Questions of medical geography -- The human ecology of disease -- Maps and geographic information systems in medical geography -- Landscape epidemiology -- Transitions and development -- Climate and weather: influences on health -- The pollution syndrome -- Political ecology of noncommunicable diseases -- Neighborhoods and health -- Disease diffusion in space --Health care and promotion --Scale, spatial analysis, and geographic visualization |
| Summary |
In this book the authors present biological information for geographers to understand disease processes and geographical concepts to inform health researchers about spatial approaches to disease |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Epidemiology.
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Geography.
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Medical care.
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Medical geography.
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Geography.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Epidemiology.
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| Author |
Emch, Michael, author
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| LC no. |
2009046573 |
| ISBN |
1606230166 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781606230169 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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