Global change and health
Collin, J (ed)
Global change and health - Maidenhead; New York Open University Press 2005 - Understanding public health .
This book provides an introduction to the emerging field of global health. Global changes are posing important challenges for human health. Increasingly the determinants of health circumvent, undermine or are oblivious to the territorial boundaries of states. To effectively address health concerns exceeds the capacity of individual countries acting alone through domestic institutions. The issues covered include: food, tobacco and pharmaceuticals; emerging infectious diseases; climate change; economy and trade; security and governance.
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Global change and health - Maidenhead; New York Open University Press 2005 - Understanding public health .
This book provides an introduction to the emerging field of global health. Global changes are posing important challenges for human health. Increasingly the determinants of health circumvent, undermine or are oblivious to the territorial boundaries of states. To effectively address health concerns exceeds the capacity of individual countries acting alone through domestic institutions. The issues covered include: food, tobacco and pharmaceuticals; emerging infectious diseases; climate change; economy and trade; security and governance.
0335218482 9780335218486