Environmental change and medicine / Viroj Wiwanitkit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viroj Wiwanitkit.

Series:

Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)

Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental change is the present focus of our world. Its effect is interesting and should be followed. Based on the success of the previous book "climate change and health", it seems that the topic is of interest to the general readers in both medical and environmental science. Examples and models of important diseases are given in the chapters of this book.

Contents:

Environmental change in medicine : present concepts

Vector and vector borne disease in situation of present environmental change

Pathogens in environmental change : mutation to resistance

Psychopathology responding to environmental change

Focus on pregnancy and fertility in environmental change

Environmental change : impact on maternal and child health

Pediatric focus and immunization requirement

Geriatric focus

Global warming and medicine

Nutritional concern in natural disaster

Medical economics and political hot issues.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-553-X

OCLC:

923661697